"shut" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

shut verbo

shut + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 17
shut one's eyes • shut one's mouth • shut down operations • shut the door • shut down sites • ...
verbo + shut
Kolokacji: 10
try to shut • keep shut • forced to shut down • tell to shut up • squeeze shut • ...
shut + preposición
Kolokacji: 49
shut down • shut up • shut off • shut behind • shut out • ...
shut + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 37
tightly shut • firmly shut • shut tight • completely shut • shut away • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(1) tightly, firmly, securely
Kolokacji: 3
(2) tight, fast
Kolokacji: 2
(4) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 3
(6) quietly, softly, gently
Kolokacji: 3
(7) effectively
Kolokacji: 2
(9) silently, briefly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) virtually, essentially
Kolokacji: 2
1. virtually shut = praktycznie zamknięty virtually shut
  • That ended abruptly with war in 1939 which virtually shut the market.
  • On Friday, the city was virtually shut down and area schools closed.
  • Karachi the commercial capital of the country was virtually shut down.
  • The country's tourism industry, which once brought in $2.2 billion a year, has been virtually shut down.
  • Conservatives were virtually shut out of Quebec for the next 50 years.
  • This industry has virtually shut down because the raw materials that once came from Russia have been cut off.
  • "So what it means is we have to reduce services in the county, lay off employees and virtually shut down county government," he said.
  • The nation's higher education system, especially the elite schools, virtually shut down.
  • She said businesses not operating inside "the convention perimeter" might be virtually shut out.
  • So many people became ill during the first part of December, 2003 that the city was virtually shut down.
2. essentially shut = zasadniczo zamknięty essentially shut
(11) carefully, deliberately
Kolokacji: 2

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