单词 | shutter |
释义 | shutter/ˈʃʌtə /noun 1Each of a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out the light: he threw open the shutters to let in air and light painted wooden shutters...
Synonyms screen, louvre, blind, roller blind, venetian blind, curtain, shade, awning, canopy; French jalousie, persiennes 2 Photography A device that opens and closes to expose the film in a camera.In order to prevent the image from being blurry, Cassini actually had to rotate while the camera shutter was open in order to maintain her pointing at Phoebe....
3 Music The blind enclosing the swell box in an organ, used for controlling the volume of sound.Organ mountings are considered, but not painted organ shutters. verb [with object] 1Close the shutters of (a window or building): the windows were shuttered against the afternoon heat (as adjective shuttered) barred and shuttered shops...
1.1chiefly North American Close (a business): the city was gripped by economic forces that were squeezing its tax base and shuttering its factories an additional dozen stores will be shuttered when their leases expire next year Phrasesput up the shutters Derivativesshuttered beautiful white shuttered houses shutterless
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