shut in

verb

1. surround completely

e.g. Darkness enclosed him
They closed in the porch with a fence

Synonym: encloseclose ininclose

1. 把…关在(房间)里面;把…关起来
If you shut someone or something in a room, you close the door so that they cannot leave it.

e.g. The door enables us to shut the birds in the shelter in bad weather.
有了这扇门，天气不好时我们就可以将鸟关进鸟屋。

2. 把自己关起来
If you shut yourself in a room, you stay in there and make sure nobody else can get in.

e.g. After one particular bad result, he shut himself in the shower room for an hour...
一个特别糟的结果出来后，他将自己关在淋浴间里关了一小时。
e.g. He shut himself in his office, telling his secretary to hold all calls.
他把自己关在办公室里，并告诉秘书所有的电话都不要转给他。

3. see also: shut-in

1. 关进：shut down 关闭 | shut in 关进 | shut off 关掉

2. 关在屋内者：shut-eye 睡眠 | shut-in 关在屋内者 | shutdown 关

3. 禁闭：shuttle box 梭箱 | shut??in 禁闭 | shut??in personality 封闭人格

4. shut in

4. 关进去,禁闭,使中止,压制：sell by whole-sale 批发 | shut in 关进去,禁闭,使中止,压制 | shut off 关掉,切断