shut in . lock in；enclose 禁闭；围住

She feels rather shut in in this house．她觉得简直是被关在这屋子里。

The town is shut in by high hills on every side．这城镇四面环山。

shut off . make（water or electricity）stop coming 切断（水、电）

Please shut off the hose before the grass gets too wet．请及时关掉水管，以免草地太湿。

They have shut off the water sup ply．他们已切断了水源。

shut off . be apart；be separated from 被隔绝；被隔离

Our camp is so far from the highway that we feel shut off from the world when we are there．我们的营地离公路很远，所以我们在那儿时有种与世隔绝的感觉。

They feel shut off from all human contact on this island． 他们觉得在这岛上与人世隔绝了。

shut off .  separate…from使…隔开

The pig was so bad tempered that we had to shut it off from its young．那头猪脾气很坏，我们只好把它与猪仔分开。

The road is shut off from traffic．此路禁止车辆行驶。

shut one's eyes to . shut one's ears to . not pay attention to不看；不听

There's sense shutting your eyes to facts．闭眼不看事实是没有道理的。

He shut his ears to all appeals for help．他对一切求援的呼吁充耳不闻。

 shut out . exclude； lock out排斥；遮住

The late comers were shut out．晚到的人都被关在门外。

If you close the door， you can shut out the noise．关上那扇门，你就能把噪音隔在外边。

They shut out the dust by having double windows．他们安装双重窗来挡尘土。

He pulled down the blinds to shut out the sunlight．他拉下百叶窗挡住阳光。

 shut out .  prevent from scoring in a game （在比赛中）使（对方）不能得分

Our team hasn't shut out once this season．本赛季我们球队每场都赢。

Our school basketball team shut out the visiting team at the game yesterday．在昨天的比赛中，我校篮球队击败了客队。

shut up . prevent from coming in；block 阻止进入；阻拦

During World War two  Malta managed to shut up most of the Italian and German bombers by throwing up an effective antiaircraft screen．在第二次世界大战期间，马耳他通过建立有效的防空屏障，成功地阻止了意大利和德国轰炸机的袭击。

shut up . prevent（an opposing team）from scoring throughout an entire game使对方在整个比赛中得不到分

Dodgers shut up the Reds，five goals to nil. ．道乔队以五比零打败红队。

shut up . （cause to） stop talking（使）停止讲话

Little Ruthie told Father everything before Mother could shut her up．母亲还来不及阻止小露丝，她就把什么都告诉了父亲。

He shut up when he realized nobody was listening to him．当意识到没人在听时，他住嘴了。

shut up . cease or suspend an operation or business停止或暂停工作或营业

There will be an important meeting this evening，so we'll shut up early today．晚上有一个重要会议，因此今天我们将提前下班。

shut up . close the doors and windows of 关好门窗

We got the house shut up only minutes before the storm came．暴风雨来临之前几分钟，我们才把屋子的门窗关好。

The shop was shut up at nine at night．商店晚上九点关门。

shut up . confine禁闭

The dog bites． it should be shut up．这狗咬人，该把它关起来。

He shut the girl up in the house and refused to allow her to leave．他把女孩关在屋里，不许她离开。

shy away . shy off . avoid something which is unpleasant，difficult，回避；离开

After one term as City Councilman，Smith shied away from politics．当了一任市议员后，史密斯就离开了政界。

She shies away from anybody touching her．她总是避开碰她的人。

The horse shied off when I tried to mount it ．正当我想骑上那匹马时，它却惊得连连后退。

shy of . not bold； nervous in the company of others； not putting oneself forward羞怯的；畏缩的

Small children are often shy of anyone they do not know．儿童在生人面前往往显得腼腆。

Don't be sky of telling me what you want．不要有顾虑，需要些什么，尽管告诉我。

shy of . lacking不足的；缺乏的

They need a loan because they are shy of funds now．他们手头资金短缺，正需贷款。

 sick of . tired of；disliking厌腻；不喜欢

I am sick of winter；why doesn't spring come? 我讨厌冬天，春天为什么还不来呢?

everyone got sick of his smoking in the classroom．大家都讨厌他在教室里抽烟。

side by side . close together在一起

The two boys played side by side all afternoon．这两个男孩整个下午一直在一起玩。

We must stand side by side in our days of trouble．在困难的日子里，我们一定要并肩站在一起。

side with . agree with； help赞同；支持

Adam always sides with John in an argument．争论时亚当总是支持约翰。

Actually very few people sided with their reform plan．事实上，很少有人赞同他们的改革计划。

He always sided with his mother．他总站在母亲一边。

sigh for . long for渴望；怀念

He is sighing for home and friends．他在思念家人和朋友。

Old men quite often sighed for the happy days of their youth．老年人往往思慕他们青年时代的愉快岁月。

sigh for  因…叹息， 悲叹

I can only sigh for their own sigh and sigh. 我只有叹息，为他们自己的叹息而叹息。

With a sigh for every piece of money , Fagin put the agreed amount into her hand. 费金在她手上放了彼此达成协议的钱数，每放下一块钱就叹一口气。

When I witness others'wealth I would sigh for my poorness; 我见到别人的富有，会感慨自己的潦倒；

sign for . 签收

And he wanted me to sign for a registered letter! 他要我签收一封挂号信！

Unless you want to sign for his personal effects. 除非你想签收他的个人物品。

Today I asked my parents to sign for me to enlist in the military. 今天，我拜托我父母帮我报名加入军队。