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单词 shut out
释义 shut out
transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English shetten out, from shutten, shetten, shitten to shut + out, adverb
1. : to keep or force out
 < branches meet … shutting out the sunlight — American Guide Series: Michigan >
 < his nostrils clenched as if to shut out the evil and moldy smell of the room — Marcia Davenport >
 < not to know … was to be shut out of his life completely — Morley Callaghan >
— sometimes used with from
 < began to talk French, shutting out the mulatto woman from their conversation — Louis Bromfield >
 < shutting out from his thoughts any thought that disturbs him — Morris Fishbein >
2. : to hide from sight
 < clouds shut the sun out >
 < as we rounded the point the peninsula shut out the bay >
3.
 a. : to prevent (an opponent) from scoring in a game or contest
  < shut them out with two hits >
  < shut them out 1-0 >
  < a fisherman … was shut out the first two days and boated only two on the lush last day — Newsweek >
 b. : to forestall the bidding of (one's opponents in bridge) by making a high or preemptive bid
  < shut the opposition out with a bid of five hearts >
Synonyms: see exclude
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