shut
/ʃʌt/ adjetivo B1En español: cerrado
- Physically sealed, obstructed, folded together, etc. · A shut door barred our way into the house.· The door banged shut with a breeze.
- Not available for use or operation. · Phone lines are now shut.
- Not operating or conducting trade; not allowing entrance to visitors or the public. · Banks are shut on bank holidays.
- Not receptive. · He mind is shut to new ideas.
- Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- Synonym of close.
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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The Lion would have preferred a bed of dried leaves in the forest, and did not like being shut up in a room; but he had too much sense to let this worry him, so he sprang upon the bed and rolled himself up like a cat and purred himself asleep in a minute.
A subdued slam above told that the door of the east gable had been shut with equal vehemence.
I have been good to the people, and they like me; but ever since this Palace was built, I have shut myself up and would not see any of them.
It was almost dark under the trees, for the branches shut out the daylight; but the travelers did not stop, and went on into the forest.
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