SHUT1 to close a door, window, gate etc2 to close a container3 to close your eyes/mouth4 to become shut5 to shut something so that it cannot be opened6 to close an entrance or opening7 when a door, entrance, lid etc has been shut8 when a shop or office is closedRELATED WORDSoppositeOPENsee alsoFASTEN/UNFASTEN1 to close a door, window, gate etc 关门、关窗、关大门等shut /ʃʌt/ [transitive verb]to move a door, window, gate etc so that it is no longer open 关上，关闭 Come in and shut the door behind you. 进来，把门关上。 Someone had shut the gate to stop the sheep getting out onto the road. 有人已把大门关上，防止羊跑到路上去。 She heard Charlotte downstairs shutting the windows, and locking up for the night. 她听到夏洛特在楼下关窗锁门准备睡觉。close /kləʊz/ [transitive verb]to shut something, especially in a careful way 〔尤指小心地〕关上，闭合 Do you mind if I close the window? 我把窗户关上行吗? She took the necklace out of the box and closed the lid. 她从盒子里取出项链，然后盖上盖子。slam /slæm/ [transitive verb]to shut a door quickly so that it makes a loud noise, especially because you are angry 使劲关闭，砰地关上〔尤因生气〕 Jane marched out of the room slamming the door behind her. 简大步走出房间，把门砰地关上。 He slammed the door so hard that the glass cracked. 他重重地摔上门，玻璃都震碎了。push/kick/slide etc something shut /ˌpʊʃ something ˈʃʌt/ [verb phrase]to push, kick, slide etc something so that it shuts 推上/踢上/拉上等某物使关起来 The woman pushed the door shut with her foot. 那女人用脚把门带上。 It started raining, so I quickly pulled the window shut. 开始下雨了，所以我匆匆把窗拉上。 ‘Sorry, we're closed,’ said the official, sliding the wooden panel shut. “对不起，我们关门了。”那位官员边说边拉上木窗格。pull/push the door to /ˌpʊl, ˌpʊʃ ðə dɔːʳ ˈtuː/ [verb phrase]to move a door so that it is almost shut 把门拉/推上 ‘Tell me what's wrong,’ I said, pulling the door to. “告诉我怎么了。”我边说边把门拉上。 She pushed the door to against the blinding sunlight. 她把门推上，挡住刺眼的阳光。draw the curtains/close the curtains /ˌdrɔː ðə ˈkɜːʳtnz, ˌkləʊz ðə ˈkɜːʳtnz/ [verb phrase]to close curtains by pulling them across a window 拉上窗帘 Let's draw the curtains. We don't want people looking in. 把窗帘拉上吧，我们不想外面的人看进来。 The curtains were closed and the room was in darkness. 窗帘是拉着的，房间里一片漆黑。2 to close a container 关上容器shut/close /ʃʌt, kləʊz/ [transitive verb]to close a container, such as a box, case, or bottle 关上，合上〔盒子、箱子或瓶子等容器〕 As the teacher appeared, Matt shut the box quickly. 老师来了，马特急忙把盒子盖上。 Russell shut his briefcase with a snap, and the meeting was over. 拉塞尔啪嗒一声合上公文包，会议就结束了。 Put lids on all the jars and close them tightly. 给所有的瓶子都盖上盖子并旋紧。put the lid on /ˌpʊt ðə ˈlɪd ɒn/ [verb phrase]to shut a container such as a bottle or box by putting a lid onto it 盖上盖子 Put the lid on the cookie jar when you've finished with it! 你吃完了就把曲奇罐子盖上！ If you leave cooked food in a pan, you should always put the lid on. 如果把煮好的东西留在锅里，就一定要把盖子盖上。screw on /ˌskruː ˈɒn/ [transitive phrasal verb]to shut a container such as a bottle by putting the lid on and turning it round and round until it cannot be turned any more 拧紧，拧上〔盖子〕screw on something I screwed on the top of the bottle as tightly as I could. 我使劲地把瓶盖拧紧。screw something back on The fuel tank cap hadn't been screwed back on properly, and it came off when I drove away. 油箱盖子没有拧好，我一开车离开它就掉下来了。screw something on She screwed the lid of the jar on again. 她再次把罐子的盖子拧上。3 to close your eyes/mouth 闭上眼睛或嘴巴close/shut /kləʊz, ʃʌt/ [transitive verb]to close your eyes or mouth 闭上〔眼睛或嘴巴〕 I lay down and closed my eyes. 我躺下来闭上眼睛。 He shut his eyes and listened to the music. 他闭上眼睛听音乐。 Lara opened her mouth to speak, then closed it again. 劳拉张嘴想说话，但是又闭了起来。4 to become shut 关起来close/shut /kləʊz, ʃʌt/ [intransitive verb]to become shut 关起来 He walked out and the door shut behind him. 他走了出去，门在他身后关上了。 There was a bang as the gates shut. 大门砰的一声关上了。 Her eyes closed, and she fell into a deep sleep. 她闭上眼睛，沉沉睡去。slamalsoslam shut /slæm, ˌslæm ˈʃʌt/ [intransitive verb]if a doorslams orslams shut, it shuts quickly and makes a loud noise 猛力关上，砰地关上 Outside in the street, car doors slammed and people were shouting. 在外面街道上，车门被猛力关上，人们在大声喊叫。 She heard a door slam shut and the sound of footsteps on the path. 她听到门砰的一声关上了，随后就是小路上响起了脚步声。slide/blow/swing etc shut /ˌslaɪd ˈʃʌt/ [verb phrase]if a door, window, gate etcslides,blows,swings etc shut, it shuts by sliding, being blown, swinging etc 滑动着关上/被风吹上/旋转着关上等 The window suddenly blew shut, with a loud bang. 窗户突然砰的一声被风吹上了。 The elevator doors silently slid shut. 电梯的门轻轻地滑上了。5 to shut something so that it cannot be opened 关住某物使打不开lock /lɒkǁlɑːk/ [transitive verb]to shut something such as a door, window, or box by turning a key in a lock 锁上〔门、窗、盒子等〕 As she left the house she locked the door. 她离家时把门锁上了。 Don't forget to lock the car. 别忘了把车锁上。 He locked the safe and put the key in his pocket. 他锁上保险箱，把钥匙放在口袋里。lock up /ˌlɒk ˈʌpǁˌlɑːk-/ [transitive phrasal verb]to lock something such as a vehicle or a building 把〔车辆或建筑物等〕锁好lock up something I had locked up my office for the night and gone home. 我锁上办公室的门下班回家。 He always keeps his desk locked up. 他总是把办公桌锁起来。lock something up You should take basic precautions like locking your car up. 你应该采取基本的防盗措施，比如说把汽车锁好。bolt /bəʊlt/ [transitive verb]to shut a door by sliding a small metal bar across both the door and its frame so that it cannot be opened from the other side 闩〔门〕 My husband always bolts all the doors before going to bed. 我丈夫上床前总要把所有的门都闩好。bar /bɑːʳ/ [transitive verb]to shut a door or window and put abar, a piece of wood, etc across it so that people cannot get in or out 闩上〔门或窗〕 The owner of the house had barred the back door. 屋主把后门闩起来了。 Some of the survivors said that one of the fire exits had been barred. 有些幸存者说有一个消防通道出口的门被闩起来了。lock somebody out /ˌlɒk somebody ˈaʊtǁˌlɑːk-/ [verb phrase]to prevent someone from entering a room or building by locking the door 把某人锁在门外 If she wasn't home by midnight her father would lock her out. 如果她半夜前还没回家，她父亲就会把她锁在门外。lock yourself outnot be able to get back into a place you have locked 把自己锁在门外 We always leave a key with a neighbour in case we lock ourselves out. 我们总是留一把钥匙在邻居那儿，以防万一把自己锁在门外。6 to close an entrance or opening 把入口或洞口堵起来block up /ˌblɒk ˈʌpǁˌblɑːk-/ [transitive phrasal verb]to put something into a hole or entrance so that it is permanently closed 堵塞〔洞口或入口处〕；封闭〔使永久关闭〕block something up Martha tried to block the mouse holes up, but new ones kept appearing. 玛莎试图把老鼠洞堵住，但是新的洞又会不停地出现。block up something Some of the windows in the church had been blocked up. 教堂的一些窗户被封起来了。 He blocked up the entrance to the tunnel with stones. 他用石头堵住了地道的入口。plug/plug up /plʌg, ˌplʌg ˈʌp/ [transitive verb/transitive phrasal verb]to put something into a hole in order to stop a liquid from getting through 把…塞住，堵塞〔洞口，以防液体流进来〕 We tried to plug the hole in the bottom of the boat with a plastic bag. 我们试图用塑料袋堵住船底的漏洞。 They didn't have enough material to plug up the gaps around the pipe. 他们没有足够的材料堵住管子的裂口。seal /siːl/ [transitive verb]to close an entrance or container with something that completely prevents air or water from getting in or out 封住〔入口或容器〕，密封 If you seal the jars well, the jam will keep for months or even years. 瓶子如果密封得好，果酱可以保存几个月甚至几年。 In this experiment, the chamber must be completely sealed. 做这个实验，房间必须完全密封。7 when a door, entrance, lid etc has been shut 门、入口、盖子等已被关上shut/closed /ʃʌt, kləʊzd/ [adjective not before noun]not open 关上的，关闭着的 Make sure all the windows are shut before you go out. 出去之前一定要把所有窗户都关好。 The gates were closed, and there was no other way in. 大门关着，而且没有其他的入口。tight shut Keep your eyes tight shut. 把眼睛紧紧闭上。locked /lɒktǁlɑːkt/ [adjective]something that islocked has been shut using a key 锁上的 Jamie tried the door. ‘It's locked,’ he said. 杰米推了推门，“锁上的。”他说。 All office workers should keep their personal belongings in a locked drawer. 办公室里所有员工都应该把私人物件放在抽屉里锁好。 I need my coat out of your car -- is it locked? 我要把外套从你的汽车里取出来——车门锁着吗？bolted /ˈbəʊltɪd, ˈbəʊltəd/ [adjective]a door that isbolted has been shut by using a metal bar that slides across and prevents the door from being opened from the other side 〔门〕闩上的 The door's bolted, we'll have to break it down. 门是闩着的，我们只得把它撞开。 Burglars can always find a way in, in spite of bolted doors and windows. 虽然门窗都门好，但是小偷总能找到办法进来。sealed /siːld/ [adjective]shut with something that prevents air or water from getting in or out 密封的 Plants cannot survive in a sealed jar. 植物在密封的瓶子里不能存活。 Sealed nuclear waste containers are then enclosed in concrete. 密封的核废料容器然后就被埋在混凝土里。8 when a shop or office is closed 商店或办公室关门closealsoshut /kləʊz, ʃʌt/ [intransitive verb]Britishif a shop or officeshuts orcloses, it stops being open for business 【英】〔商店或办公室〕关门，停止营业 ‘What time does the bank shut?’ ‘Four o'clock.’ “银行几点钟关门？”“4点钟。” Most of the stores close at 6:30. 大多数商店在6点半关门。be closedalsobe shut /biː ˈkləʊzd, biː ˈʃʌt/ [verb phrase]if a shop or office is shut oris closed, it is not open for business 〔商店或办公室〕关门，停止营业 The ticket office was closed. 售票处关门了。 It was nine o'clock and all the stores were shut. 那时候是9点钟，所有的商店都关门了。