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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8832 COCA: 9012

shutter

1 shutter /ˈʃʌtɚ/ noun
plural shutters
1 shutter
/ˈʃʌtɚ/
noun
plural shutters
Learner's definition of SHUTTER
[count]
: one of a pair of outside covers for a window that open and close like a door活动护窗;百叶窗usually plural通常用复数
see picture at house
: the part of a camera that opens to allow light in when a picture is taken(照相机的)快门
2 shutter /ˈʃʌtɚ/ verb
shutters; shuttered; shuttering
2 shutter
/ˈʃʌtɚ/
verb
shutters; shuttered; shuttering
Learner's definition of SHUTTER
[+ object] US
: to cover (a window) with shutters关(护窗)
: to close (a business, store, etc.) for a period of time or forever使停业;使倒闭
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8832 COCA: 9012

shutter

1 of 2

noun

shut·​ter ˈshə-tər How to pronounce shutter (audio)
1
: one that shuts
2
: a usually movable cover or screen for a window or door
3
: a mechanical device that limits the passage of light
especially : a camera component that allows light to enter by opening and closing an aperture
4
: the movable louvers in a pipe organ by which the swell box is opened
shutterless adjective

shutter

2 of 2

verb

shuttered; shuttering; shutters

transitive verb

1
: to close by or as if by shutters
corporations shuttering their production plants
2
: to furnish with shutters

Example Sentences

Verb They locked the doors and shuttered the windows. They declared bankruptcy and shuttered the store.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Wheat mills lacking grain in Lebanon have halted operations in recent months, forcing bakeries to shutter. New York Times, 27 June 2022 The looming uncertainty of whether the mass care site in the arena would suddenly shutter has given way to an arrangement at Centennial with no clear end-date yet announced by City Hall. Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2022 When a wildlife camera is on duty, with its heat- or motion-triggered shutter at the ready day and night, the answer can be startling. New York Times, 3 Mar. 2021 Union Station is in line for a multibillion-dollar revamp over two decades, but first must overcome a growing sense of unease as businesses shutter and rail traffic struggles to reach pre-pandemic levels. Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 The food and drink scene in Montrose continues to evolve as popular haunts shutter and new ones spring in their place. Megha Mcswain, Chron, 6 July 2022 Some nice things about the webcam include a physical privacy shutter and a keyboard shortcut for turning on and off background blur. Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 28 July 2022 For him, that image would not have been here—the room in which the photograph was taken at the precise moment the photographer released the camera’s shutter. Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 July 12, unknown offenders broke a shutter covering glass on a ticket booth near the football field. Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2022
Verb
All restaurants were forced to shutter on Thursday and Friday, and businesses were only permitted to sell food that was prepackaged. Camille Caldera, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022 In 2020, Covid lockdowns hit service sectors particularly hard as lockdowns forced businesses to shutter up. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 After starting July 7, the fire forced the southern entrance of Yosemite to shutter and led to the evacuation hundreds of people in the community of Wawona. Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 23 July 2022 The site will then be forced to shutter until another shipment of vaccine doses arrive, city officials said. Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 July 2022 South Africa is also preparing to destroy vaccines that will expire and shutter costly mass-vaccination programs amid low demand, said Nicholas Crisp, who leads the country’s vaccination program. Antony Sguazzin, Fortune, 11 May 2022 After just an hour of operation, the city was forced to shutter the temporary bike lane over a permitting issue, according to David Fields, chief transportation planner for the city of Houston. Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 9 Mar. 2022 City Hall on Sunday reversed Mayor de Blasio’s move to shutter Lasker and Wollman rinks in Central Park six weeks ahead of their typical April closing dates — in an effort to freeze-out his political rival. Fox News, 22 Feb. 2021 Gayles is one of the first health officials in the United States to require that private schools shutter this fall. Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1542, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1826, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of shutter was in 1542
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8832 COCA: 9012
shutter

noun¹

1cover for a window窗戶遮板ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHUTTER | SHUTTER + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEclosed, open關着的/開着的百葉窗He left the shutter open.他開着百葉窗。metal, steel, wooden金屬百葉窗;鋼百葉窗;木百葉窗security, window保安捲閘;窗戶的活動遮板louvred/louvered百葉窗VERB + SHUTTERhave有百葉窗fling open, fold back, open, throw back, throw open打開百葉窗;摺起百葉窗He threw open the shutters to cool the room.他拉開百葉窗讓房間進點兒涼風。close, pull down, put up (especially BrE) 關閉百葉窗;拉下百葉窗;打烊The store had put up the shutters for the night.夜幕降臨,商店打烊了。install安裝百葉窗SHUTTER + VERBbe down, come down百葉窗/捲動門簾放下來;鎖上心扉All the shutters in the street were down.臨街的捲動門簾都放下了。I could feel the shutters coming down in her mind. (figurative) 我能感覺到她心裏的那扇門在慢慢關閉。PREPOSITIONbehind a/the shutter在百葉窗後She could be seen waiting for him behind half-closed shutters.能看見她在半開的百葉窗後等着他。through a/the shutter透過百葉窗Daylight was filtering through the shutters when he woke up.他醒來時陽光透過百葉窗射進來。
shutter

noun²

2part of a camera照相機ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHUTTER | SHUTTER + VERB | SHUTTER + NOUN ADJECTIVEcamera照相機快門VERB + SHUTTERclick, press按動快門SHUTTER + VERBclick快門咔嚓響You could hear hundreds of camera shutters clicking.你能聽到數百架相機快門咔嚓作響。SHUTTER + NOUNspeed快門速度You will need a fast shutter speed to photograph racing.拍賽跑照片需要較高的快門速度。button, release快門按鈕/開關to press the shutter release按快門按鈕

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