shoot up . grow rapidly 迅速成长

When he was thirteen years old，Billy began to shoot up．贝利从十三岁起，个子就开始猛长。

shoot up . arise suddenly 突然升起

As we watched，flames shot up from the roof of the house．我们看着看着，火焰突然从屋顶窜起来。

Rents in that city have shot up in the last few months．最近几个月那城市的房租又涨了。

shoot up . shoot recklessly and hurt badly乱枪射伤（射坏）

The gunfighters shot up the town．持枪者开枪扫射整个城镇。

short and sweet . brief and to the point；without delay 简短扼要；不拖延

The politician's speech was surprisingly short and sweet；it only last ed ten minutes．这位政治家的演讲令人惊奇地简短扼要，仅仅用了十分钟就讲完了。

The students appreciated the fact that the teacher made the exam short and sweet．学生们很欣赏老师把考试搞得少而精。

 short of . not having enough 不足；缺少

We did not buy anything because we were short of money．我们因为缺钱，就什么也没买。

I must stop a bit．I'm short of breath．我得歇一歇，我喘不过气来了。

 short of . away from 远离…；距离

The day's drive still left us a hundred miles short of the ocean．车跑了一天，我们离海边还有一百英里。

shoulder to shoulder . one beside the other；together在一起

The three boys were shoulder to shoulder during the working hours．整个工作期间，这三个男孩一直在一起。

shoulder to shoulder . each helping the other；in agreement 团结一致

We can win the fight if we all stand shoulder to shoulder．如果团结一致，我们就能赢得这场战斗。

shout down . silence by shouting；shout louder than 大声叫喊使静下来；叫喊得比…响

The crowd shouted down the speaker who approved of nuclear weapons．群众大声喊叫，迫使那个赞成核武器的演讲者住嘴。

They like to shout down the opposition．他们喜欢用大声叫喊来压倒对方。

show in . show out . lead in . lead out .   领进或领出

The usher showed us in to our seats．引座员领我们进去找到了座位。

The guards showed the visitors out．警卫领着客人出去了。

 show off . put out nicely for people 展出

The Science Fair gave Julia a chance to show off her collected shell ．科学博览会使朱莉娅有机会展出她所收集的贝壳。

He enjoys showing off his new car to people．他喜欢向人们显示他的新车。

 show off . display to excess one's ability or possessions 炫耀

Joe has not missed a chance to show off his muscles since that pretty girl moved in next door．自从那个漂亮的姑娘搬进隔壁以来，乔从未放弃过任何机会来炫耀自己健美的肌肉。

 show round . show with direction 带…参观

They were taken to the house and shown round．他们被领着四处参观那座房子。

If you are free on Wednesday，I'll be delighted to show you round the place．你要是星期三有空，我很乐意带你去游览那个地方。

show up . make known the real truth about 使了解真相；揭露

The man said that he was a mind reader，but he was shown up a fake．那人说他能知道别人在想什么，但他实际上是一个骗子。

All their deceptions have been shown up by their own deeds．他们的种种欺骗都被自己的行为揭穿了。

show up . become or make easy to see 使显露

The detective put a chemical on the paper，and the fingerprints showed up．侦探在纸上涂了化学试剂，指纹就显示了出来。

The sun shows up the dirt on the windows．阳光下，窗户上的污迹都显露了出来。

show up . appear；come 出席；到来

We had agreed to meet at the gym，but Larry didn't show up．我们商量好在体育馆见面，但拉里没有来。

We thought that you were never going to show up．我们以为你永远都不会露面了。

He showed up an hour late．他来了，迟到了一小时。

show up . make somebody feel shame 使…难堪

When we go to dinner parties my husband always shows me up with the rude jokes he tells．每次我们去参加宴会，我丈夫总是开些粗俗的玩笑，使我很难堪。

He showed his parents up rather badly．他给他父母丢尽了脸。

My friend always shows me up by laughing too loudly in the theatre．我朋友总在电影院里放声大笑，使我很尴尬。

shrug off . dismiss something as not worth worrying about 轻视

You can't shrug off all your responsibilities onto other people．你不能对你的职责置之不理，而全推到别人身上。

She just shrugged the whole matter off．她对整个这件事不屑一顾。

Adam shrugged off our questions；he would not tell us what had happened．亚当回避我们的问题，不愿告诉我们发生了什么事。

 shuffle off . try to rid oneself of responsibility for something by passing it onto somebody else推卸；摆脱

Although he had made the mistake himself，he tried to shuffle the blame off onto his son．尽管是他自己犯了错，但他企图把罪责推到儿子身上。

He shuffled off his old friends when he became famous．他成名以后就抛弃了老朋友。

 shut away . lock away；isolate 锁住；隔绝

They feel very shut away in that remote little cottage．他们觉得在那座偏远的小屋里非常闭塞。

Jim shut himself away for a month to catch up on his academic work．杰姆为赶写他的学术著作闭门谢客一个月。

shut down . lose completely 完全关闭

The factory shuts down for three weeks every summer．每年夏季这工厂休息三个星期。

The business was losing so much money that the owner had to shut it down．由于亏损太多，店主只得停业。