"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
1. quietly shut = umiarkowanie zamknięty quietly shut
2. softly shut = delikatnie zamknięty softly shut
3. gently shut = łagodnie zamknięty gently shut
  • After climbing in, she pulled the door shut gently.
  • I pulled the bedroom door shut gently, and went back to my telephoning.
  • It hit him like a prison door swinging gently shut.
  • I tried to open my eyes, but damp pads held them gently shut.
  • Iridal heard him only vaguely, paid little attention as the door shut gently behind herself and her son.
  • He sat down by the bedside, and a moment afterwards heard the door shut gently behind her.
  • I turned just in time to see the storm-door across the landing shutting gently.
  • The young man gulped and gently shut the door.
  • So I followed him inside and gently shut the door.
  • Doctor Winter went out and shut the door gently behind him.
(7) effectively
Kolokacji: 2
(9) silently, briefly
Kolokacji: 2
(10) virtually, essentially
Kolokacji: 2
(11) carefully, deliberately
Kolokacji: 2

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