He won't shut up about how he won the game.说起他是如何赢得那场比赛的,他会滔滔不绝地讲个不停。
Can someone get that dog to shut up?有人能让那条狗不叫吗?
— often used as a rude way to tell someone to stop talking常用于粗鲁地让某人停止说话
Shut up for a second and listen to what I have to say.闭一会儿嘴,听我必须得说的话。
b shut (someone) upinformal:to cause (someone) to stop talking, laughing, etc.使住口;使闭嘴
Nothing shuts her up.什么也不能让她住口。
2
shut up (something)orshut (something) up:to close and lock all the doors of (a house, store, etc.)关闭
They shut up the house and left town.他们把房子的门窗关好,离开了小镇。
◊ In British English, to shut up shop is to go out of business forever or stop performing all services or activities for a period of time.在英国英语中,shut up shop指暂时或永久停业。
Rather than shutting up shop [=closing up shop] entirely, the company laid off half of its workers.公司解雇了一半的员工,而不是彻底倒闭。
The store has already shut up shop for the day.商店已停业一天了。
3
shut (someone or something) up:to put (someone or something) in a place that is away from other people把…关起来
He shut himself up in his room all day to study.他一整天把自己关在房间里学习。