| 单词 | shut up |
| 释义 | shut up shut (sb) up INFORMAL — phrasal verb with shut /ʃʌt/ verb [I or T] (PRESENT TENSE shutting, PAST TENSE AND PAST PARTICIPLE shut) B2 to stop talking or making a noise, or to make someone do this: » I wish you'd shut up for a moment and listen to what the rest of us have to say.» Just shut up and get on with your work!» My dad never stops talking. It's impossible to shut him up!» FIGURATIVE If you breathe a single word to the police, we'll come round and shut you up for good (= kill you).Thesaurus+: ↑Interrupting and preventing from speakingF0 to stop someone from talking about a particular subject or from complaining or asking for things: » The kids kept on about how hungry they were, so their father gave them some biscuits to shut them up.Thesaurus+: ↑Interrupting and preventing from speaking• • • Extra Examples:» I wish for once she'd shut up and listen to what someone else has to say.» Once she starts you can't shut her up.» In the end I gave her the money just to shut her up.» I agreed with him just to shut him up.» Don't you just want to tell him to shut up? shut (sth) up UK — phrasal verb with shut /ʃʌt/ verb [I or T] (PRESENT TENSE shutting, PAST TENSE AND PAST PARTICIPLE shut) ► F0 to close a shop or other business for a period of time, usually when business is finished for the day: » By the time we got there, all the market traders were shutting up.Thesaurus+: ↑Unfastening and opening |
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