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单词 shut someone/thing in
释义

shut someone/thing in

1Keep someone or something inside a place by closing something such as a door: her parents shut her in an upstairs room...
  • But, as usual I ruin the possible best moment of my life by running inside and shutting the door in his face.
  • She quickly took her inside then shut the door in my face.
  • The packing site in Claremorris will be the third facility to close, with plants in Foxfield and Carbury shutting their doors in recent months.

Synonyms

confine, enclose, impound, shut up, pen (in/up), fence in, hedge in;
hurdle, rail in, coop (up), mew up, immure, box up/in, wall in/up, lock up/in, cage, imprison, intern, hold captive, incarcerate, encircle, surround, ring, encompass, hem in, close in, trap, kettle;
North American corral
rare gird, compass
1.1Enclose or surround a place: the village is shut in by the mountains on either side
1.2Trap something by shutting a door or drawer on it: you shut your finger in the door...
  • And on a completely different subject (that of pain) I just shut my finger in a drawer while taking a pen out of it.
  • She paused for a moment as though opening and shutting drawers in her head.
  • ‘We can fold the buggy up if you like,’ Mr Upstairs said in a tone of voice which really meant, ‘I'd rather shut my fingers in the door than create any room for you.’
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