Word
shut-ins
/ˈʃʌtin/
noun
因病居家者；困居家中的人
shut-ins is the plural of shut-in.
a person confined to a place, typically home, because of illness or disability
- 1.
A person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmity.
因疾病或体弱而困居某处的人。
- 2.
A narrow river gorge confined by resistant rock layers; a type of rock formation in which a stream is confined to a narrow bed of resistant stone.
由坚硬岩层围成的狭窄河谷；一种溪流被限制在坚硬岩石狭窄河床中的岩层构造。
隘谷；岩壁峡谷；因疾病或体弱而困居某处的人。；由坚硬岩层围成的狭窄河谷；一种溪流被限制在坚硬岩石狭窄河床中的岩层构造。；被关在屋内的人
In use
After breaking his leg, he became a shut-in for several months.
The home-care nurse visits the elderly shut-in every morning.
She started a volunteer program to deliver groceries to shut-ins during the winter.
Connections
Word family
- shut-ins
- plural
Learner notes
Grammar Note
常用复数形式表示一类人
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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