- [transitive, intransitive]
to close something; to become closed 关闭；关上；合上 The window won't shut. 这窗子关不上。 🔊🔊 The doors open and shut automatically. 这些门都是自动开关的。 🔊🔊 The door shuts and locks behind her. 门关上，锁在她身后。 - shut something
Philip went into his room and shut the door behind him. 菲利普进了自己的房间，随手把门关上。 🔊🔊 I can't shut my suitcase—it's too full. 我的手提箱合不上，装得太满了。 🔊🔊 She shut her eyes and fell asleep immediately. 她闭上眼，立刻就睡着了。 🔊🔊 He shut his book and looked up. 他合上书，抬起头来。 🔊🔊
- [intransitive, transitive] (British English)
when a shop, restaurant, etc. shuts or when somebody shuts it, it stops being open for business and you cannot go into it （使）停止营业，关门，打烊 The bank shuts at 4. 那家银行 4 点钟关门。 🔊🔊 What time do the shops shut on Saturday? 星期六商店什么时候关门？ We left the hotel only to discover that the whole city shuts at 10.30. 我们离开酒店只是发现整个城市都关闭了10.30。 The factory is going to shut next year. 该工厂明年将关闭。 - shut something
We decided to shut the cafe early as there were no customers. 由于没有顾客，我们决定尽早关闭咖啡馆。 They're going to shut two plants in Texas and fire 2 240 workers. 他们将关闭德克萨斯州的两家工厂，并解雇2 240名工人。
Which Word? close / shutclose / shutYou can close and shut doors, windows, your eyes, mouth, etc. - Shut can suggest more noise and is often found in phrases such as slammed shut, banged shut, snapped shut.
shut 可含发出较大声音之义，常见于 slammed shut、banged shut、snapped shut（砰的一声关上）等短语中。 - Shut is also usually used for containers such as boxes, suitcases, etc.
关上盒子、手提箱等亦常用 shut。 - To talk about the time when shops, offices, etc. are not open, use close or shut:
商店、办事处等停业或不办公用 close 或 shut 均可 ：What time do the banks close/shut? 银行什么时候关门？ A strike has shut the factory. 罢工使工厂停业。
亦可用 closed 或 shut（美式英语常用 closed）表示 ：The store is closed/shut today. 这家商店今天不营业。
- Closed is used in front of a noun, but shut is not:
a closed window. 关着的窗户
- We usually use closed about roads, airports, etc:
道路封闭、机场关闭等常用 closed ：The road is closed because of the snow. 这条路因下雪而封闭。
- Close is also used in formal English to talk about ending a meeting or conversation.
close 亦用于正式英语中，表示结束会议或谈话。
关门、关窗、闭眼、闭嘴等用 close 或 shut 均可。
Word OriginOld English scyttan ‘put (a bolt) in position to hold fast’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schutten ‘shut up, obstruct’, also to shoot.
Idioms
close/shut the door on something
keep your mouth shut
- (informal)
to not talk about something to somebody because it is a secret or because it will upset or annoy them 守口如瓶；保持缄默
shut/slam the door in somebody’s face
to shut a door hard when somebody is trying to come in 将某人拒之门外；让某人吃闭门羹 to refuse to talk to somebody or meet them, in a rude way 拒绝同某人谈话；拒绝见某人
shut/close the door on something
to make it unlikely that something will happen 使不可能；拒…于门外；把…的门堵死 She was careful not to shut the door on the possibility of further talks. 她非常小心，不要为进一步谈判的可能性关门。
shut/close your ears to something
shut/close your eyes to something
to pretend that you have not noticed something so that you do not have to deal with it （对…）视而不见，熟视无睹，置若罔闻 You can't just close your eyes to his violence. 你不能只对他的暴力视而不见。 They seem intent on shutting their eyes to the problems of pollution. 他们似乎打算对污染问题视而不见。
shut your mouth/face!
- (slang)
a rude way of telling somebody to be quiet or stop talking （粗暴地要某人停止说话）住口，闭嘴
shut up shop
- (British English, informal)
to close a business permanently or to stop working for the day 停业；关张；倒闭；打烊
with your eyes shut/closed