| 词组 | shut up |
| 释义 | shut up 1. shut up! spoken informal used to tell someone rudely or angrily to stop talking: ▪ "Shut up!" said Terry. "I don't care what you think." ■ SIMILAR TO: belt up! BrE spoken informal 2. shut up • shut sb up • shut up sb informal to stop talking, or to make someone stop talking: ▪ I can't stand that woman - she never shuts up. ▪ Once he starts talking, it's difficult to shut him up. 3. shut sb up • shut up sb to keep a person or an animal somewhere and prevent them from leaving: ▪ Simply shutting more and more people up in prison doesn't solve the problem of crime. + in ▪ The chickens have to be shut up in the shed at night, because of foxes. 4. shut up shop BrE informal if a business shuts up shop, it closes permanently: ▪ Another tour operator, Impact Holidays, which specializes in Turkish destinations, shut up shop yesterday. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑close down 5. shut up sth • shut sth up • shut up to close and lock a house, shop, room etc that you own, so that people cannot get into it or use it: ▪ Mr Barnaby was just shutting up his shop in East London, when a gang of four armed men burst in. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑close up |
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