shut in

• Verbo frasal que significa encerrar o confinar a alguien o algo dentro de un lugar, o impedir que salga.

A phrasal verb meaning to confine or trap someone or something inside a place, or to prevent them from leaving.

incontable · verbo irregular · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Confine or trapformal

   To prevent someone or something from leaving a place; to enclose.

   encerrar / confinar

   • The heavy snow shut them in for three days.
   • She felt shut in by the small apartment.
   • The dog was shut in the yard by the fence.

   Sinónimosbox incageconfinecoop upencloseimmureimprisonlock intrap

   Antónimosfreeliberateopenreleaseunlock

2. Isolate sociallyinformal

   To cause someone to become withdrawn or isolated from social contact.

   Aislar socialmente

   • His illness shut him in from his friends.
   • The shy child shut himself in his room all day.
   • After the accident, she shut herself in and refused visitors.

   Sinónimoscloisterconfinecut offinsulateisolatequarantinesecludesegregatesequestershut away

Verbo baseshut