shut up phrasal verbphr v a) shut up! spoken not politeTALK TO somebody used to tell someone to stop talking 闭嘴! 住嘴! 别说了! SYN be quiet! Oh, shut up! I don’t want to hear your excuses. 噢,闭嘴! 我不想听你的借口。
Just shut up and listen. 闭上嘴好好听。
shut up! about Shut up about your stupid dog, okay! 别再说你那条笨狗了,行不行!
b) shut (somebody) upTALK TO somebodyQUIET informal to stop talking or be quiet, or to make someone do this (使某人)停止讲话 I can’t stand that woman. She never shuts up. 我实在受不了那女人,她老是说个没完。
shut (somebody) up about I wish you’d shut up about Chris. 我希望你别再提克里斯了。
I only said that to shut her up. 我说那句话只是想要她闭嘴。
c) KEEP somebody IN A PLACE shut somebody up to keep someone in a place away from other people, and prevent them from leaving 把某人关起来shut somebody up in I’ve had a terrible cold and been shut up in my room for a week. 我患了重感冒,在房间里关了一个星期。
Was there any need to keep us shut up here? 有必要把我们关在这里吗?
d) SHUT/CLOSE shut something ↔ up to close a shop, room etc so that people cannot get into it 关闭〔商店、房间等〕 Bernadette cleaned the attic and then shut it up for another year. 贝尔纳黛特把阁楼打扫干净,然后又把它封闭了一年。
e) shut up shop British EnglishBrE informalSHUT/CLOSE to close a business or stop working, at the end of the day or permanently 打烊;停业 shut up!• Just shut up, you two! shut (somebody) up• Goddamn it, Eustis, can you just for once in your empty-headed, godforsaken life shut yourself up!• He claims it was a mole but I know it was him - what can I do to shut him up?• It goes on-this urge to shut people up.• Parker punched his head to shut him up.• I want to shut them up about the pound-for-pound thing.• The biggest appetite I had was for words, and these guys shut me up entirely.• He shut himself up in his palace and let matters go as they would.• Unsettled by the riddle, Mungo finally decided that Jos had probably shut him up just to get some peace. shut somebody up• Can't you shut those kids up?• Goddamn it, Eustis, can you just for once in your empty-headed, godforsaken life shut yourself up!• He claims it was a mole but I know it was him - what can I do to shut him up?• It goes on-this urge to shut people up.• Parker punched his head to shut him up.• I want to shut them up about the pound-for-pound thing.• The biggest appetite I had was for words, and these guys shut me up entirely.• He shut himself up in his palace and let matters go as they would.• The only way to shut her up is to give her something to eat.• Unsettled by the riddle, Mungo finally decided that Jos had probably shut him up just to get some peace. shut something ↔ up• Goddamn it, Eustis, can you just for once in your empty-headed, godforsaken life shut yourself up!• He claims it was a mole but I know it was him - what can I do to shut him up?• It goes on-this urge to shut people up.• Parker punched his head to shut him up.• I want to shut them up about the pound-for-pound thing.• The biggest appetite I had was for words, and these guys shut me up entirely.• He shut himself up in his palace and let matters go as they would.• Unsettled by the riddle, Mungo finally decided that Jos had probably shut him up just to get some peace.