shutとは

語源 1

From Middle English shutten, shetten, from 古期英語 scyttan (“to cause rapid movement, shoot a bolt, shut, bolt, shut to, discharge a debt, pay off”), from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, *skuttijaną (“to bar, bolt”), from Proto-Germanic *skuttą, *skuttjō (“bar, bolt, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to drive, fall upon, rush”). Cognate with Dutch schutten (“to shut in, lock up”), Low German schütten (“to shut, lock in”), German schützen (“to shut out, dam, protect, guard”).

動詞

shut (三人称単数 現在形 shuts, 現在分詞 shutting, 過去形および過去分詞形 shut)

1. (transitive) To close, to stop from being open.

   Please shut the door.

   The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.

2. (intransitive) To close, to stop being open.

   If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut.

3. (transitive or intransitive, chiefly Britain) To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.

   The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.

4. To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
   • Dryden

     shut from every shore

使用する際の注意点

Except when part of one of the derived terms listed below, almost every use of shut can be replaced by close. The reverse is not true -- there are many uses of close that cannot be replaced by shut.

派生語

形容詞

shut (not comparable)

1. closed

名詞

shut (複数形 shuts)

1. The act or time of shutting; close.

   the shut of a door

   • Milton

     Just then returned at shut of evening flowers.

2. A door or cover; a shutter.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Sir Isaac Newton to this entry?)

3. The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.

語源 2

Variation of chute or shute (古風な用法, related to shoot) from 古期英語 scēotan.

名詞

shut (複数形 shuts)

1. (Britain, Shropshire 方言) A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.

同意語

• (alleyway): For semantic relationships of this term, see alley in the Thesaurus.

アナグラム

• Hust, STHU, huts, thus, tush