| 词组 | shut in |
| 释义 | shut in 1. shut sb/sth in sth • shut sb/sth in to prevent a person or an animal from leaving a place, by closing and often locking the door: ▪ It was not at all unusual to punish children by shutting them in a room and leaving them there. ▪ The owners had gone away for the weekend, leaving two dogs and a cat shut in on their own. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lock in 2. shut yourself in (sth) to go into a room and shut the door so that no one else can get in: ▪ Mark shut himself in his bedroom, got out the cigarettes and practised smoking one. ▪ "Why have you shut yourself in, dear?" my mother asked, banging on the door. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lock in 3. be shut in to be in a very small space, especially so that you feel that you cannot move or get out: ▪ Working down the coal mines meant being shut in without enough air or light for long hours every day. feel shut in (=feel that you cannot escape from a situation or place that limits what you can do) ▪ I felt shut in that village - it was full of gossiping old men and women. |
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