/ʃʌt ||; ʃʌt/verb (
present participle shutting;past tense past participle shut)
1 [I,T] to make sth closed; to become closed 关闭；闭上；合上；关上 · Could you shut the door, please? 请你关上门好吗？I can't shut my suitcase. 我关不上手提箱。Shut your books, please. 请合上书本。He shut his eyes and tried to go to sleep. 他闭上眼睛，想要入睡。This window won't shut properly. 这扇窗关不好。The doors open and shut automatically. 这些门是自动开关的。
2 [I,T] (used about a shop, restaurant, etc) to stop doing business for the day; to close （指店铺、餐馆等）关门，停止营业: What time do the shops shut on Saturday? 星期六商店什么时候关门？
3 [T] to prevent sb/sth from leaving a place; to close a door on sth 使不能离开；关起来；夹住: She shut herself in her room and refused to come out. 她把自己关在房间内，不肯出来。Tony shut his fingers in the door of the car. 托尼的手指被车门夹住。
shut sb/sth away to keep sb/sth in a place where people cannot find or see him/her/it 藏起来；隔离
shut (sth) down (used about a factory, etc) to close for a long time or for ever （指工厂等）（使）歇业，停工，关闭:
Financial problems forced the business to shut down. 财务问题迫使公司关门。 shut sb/sth off (from sth) to keep sb/sth apart from sth 使隔离:
He shuts himself off from the rest of the world. 他躲起来与世隔绝。 shut sb/sth out to keep sb/sth out 关在外面；排除:
He tried to shut out all thoughts of the accident. 他努力不去想那次意外。 shut (sb) up(
informal 非正式)
1 to stop talking; to be quiet 停止说话；住口: I wish you'd shut up! 我但愿你住口！
2 to make sb stop talking 使停止说话
shut sb/sth up (in sth) to put sb/sth somewhere and stop him/her leaving 关在或藏在某地方:
He was shut up in prison for nearly ten years. 他被监禁了差不多十年。