SHUTTERとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈʃʌtɚ/, [ˈʃʌɾɚ]
  • Homophone: shudder
• 韻: -ʌtə(r)

名詞

shutter (複数形 shutters)

1. One who shuts or closes something.
   • 1980, Max Scheler, Manfred S. Frings (translator), Problems of a Sociology of Knowledge

     the openers and shutters of the sluices we believe are basic to the history of mind

   • 1958, Blackwood's Magazine

     The volunteers consisted of a ringmaster, two experienced young cattlemen to grade the cattle, gate-openers and shutters […]

2. (usually in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
3. (photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.

派生語

派生した語

• → Japanese: シャッター (shattā)

動詞

shutter (三人称単数 現在形 shutters, 現在分詞 shuttering, 過去形および過去分詞形 shuttered)

1. (transitive) To close shutters covering.

   Shutter the windows: there's a storm coming!

2. (transitive, figurative) To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.

   It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.

3. (transitive) To cancel or terminate.

   The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.