shutters
shutters — 名詞
- shutterssingular
- shuttersesplural
1. the small mechanical part inside a photographic camera that briefly opens and sh
快門
相機內控制光線進入的零件
the small mechanical part inside a photographic camera that briefly opens and shuts, letting in just enough light for the image sensor to capture a clear picture
David pressed the button halfway to make his camera's shutter open automatically for focusing.
David 將快門按鈕按下一半，讓相機的快門自動打開來對焦。
collocation: press the button halfway / shutter open
A fast shutter speed helps you take clear pictures of moving cars and birds.
較快的快門速度可以幫助你拍出移動中車輛和鳥類的清晰照片。
collocation: shutter speed — how fast the shutter opens and closes
Yuki cleaned the shutter of her old camera with a soft brush to remove dust.
Yuki 用柔軟的刷子清理了她舊相機的快門，清除灰塵。
Takeshi set the shutter speed to 1/500 of a second before photographing the speeding race car.
Takeshi 在拍攝高速行駛的賽車前，將快門速度設定為五百分之一秒。
The camera's shutter made a soft clicking sound each time Emma took a picture of the flowers.
每次 Emma 拍花朵照片時，相機的快門都會發出輕柔的喀嚓聲。
- lens cap
a separate cover that protects the front of the lens, not the internal mechanism
用法筆記
Often used in the compound "shutter speed" — the length of time the shutter stays open. A fast shutter speed (e.g. 1/1000 second) freezes motion; a slow one (e.g. 1 second) blurs it.
常見錯誤
2. one of a pair of hinged panels, usually made of wood or plastic, fitted onto the
百葉窗
裝在窗戶外側的活動遮光板
one of a pair of hinged panels, usually made of wood or plastic, fitted onto the outer side of a window frame to block sunlight, cold air, or rain
The strong wind made the wooden shutters on Lucía's old house rattle loudly all night.
強風吹得 Lucía 老房子上的木製百葉窗整夜咯咯作響。
collocation: wooden shutters
Sana opened the green shutters wide to let fresh air and morning sunlight into the kitchen.
Sana 將綠色百葉窗大大地敞開，讓新鮮空氣和早晨陽光進入廚房。
Mathieu painted the shutters of every window before the winter storms arrived.
Mathieu 在冬季暴風雨來臨前，將每扇窗戶的百葉窗都重新漆過了。
Kofi fitted new white shutters to all the ground-floor windows of his house last summer.
Kofi 去年夏天為他家一樓的所有窗戶裝上了新的白色百葉窗。
Mira painted blue flowers on the wooden shutters outside her bedroom window.
Mira 在她臥室窗外的木製百葉窗上畫了藍色的花朵。
- blind
a window covering made of cloth or slats, usually fitted inside the room rather than outside
- jalousie/venetian blind
a type of window covering with horizontal slats that tilt to control light
用法筆記
Usually referred to in the plural (shutters) because most windows have two hinged panels. The singular "shutter" is used for one panel of the pair.
常見錯誤
3. a strong metal cover that can be pulled down across a shop's entrance and window
鐵捲門
商店入口的金屬防盜門
a strong metal cover that can be pulled down across a shop's entrance and windows after closing time to stop thieves from breaking in and to prevent damage
Every evening at nine o'clock the shopkeeper lowered the metal shutters across the front of the store.
每天晚上九點，店主都會拉下店面前的金屬鐵捲門。
collocation: lower the metal shutters / pull down the shutters
Thieves damaged the steel shutters of the jewellery store during the night and stole several watches.
昨晚小偷破壞了珠寶店的鋼製鐵捲門，偷走了好幾只手錶。
collocation: steel shutters
Yasmin noticed bright graffiti covering the metal shutters of the closed café on her way to work.
Yasmin 在上班途中注意到那間歇業咖啡館的金屬鐵捲門上布滿了鮮豔的塗鴉。
Felipe works at a hardware store and locks the steel shutters every night before leaving.
Felipe 在一間五金行工作，他每晚離開前都會鎖上鋼製鐵捲門。
The metal shutters on Imran's bookshop were covered with colourful posters advertising new novels.
Imran 書店的金屬鐵捲門上貼滿了宣傳新書的彩色海報。
- security grille / security gate
a similar protective barrier made of bars or mesh, often see-through unlike a solid shutter
shutters — 動詞
- shutterspresent simple I / you / we / they
- shutterses3rd person singular
- shuttersing-ing form
- shuttersedpast simple
1. to close the pair of panels on the outside of a window, usually to block out sun
關窗板
將窗戶的活動遮板關上
to close the pair of panels on the outside of a window, usually to block out sunlight, heat, or bad weather
Lucía shuttered all the downstairs windows before the typhoon reached the coast.
Lucía 在颱風抵達海岸前，將樓下所有窗戶的百葉窗都關上了。
verb in context of storm preparation
David shuttered his workshop windows every evening at sunset before going home.
David 每天傍晚日落時都會把他工作室的百葉窗關上後才回家。
During the summer heatwave the family shuttered the bedroom windows to keep the rooms cool.
在夏季熱浪期間，這家人關上了臥室的百葉窗以保持房間涼爽。
Anjali shuttered the windows of her beach house every autumn before returning to the city.
Anjali 每年秋天回到城市之前，都會把海邊度假屋的百葉窗關好。
The ground-floor flats on Roya's street all shutter their windows at night for safety.
Roya 住的那條街上，一樓的公寓在夜間都會關上百葉窗以策安全。
- close the shutters
more literal and longer phrasing than the single verb "shutter"
- board up
to cover windows with wooden boards — a more temporary and rough method than closing fitted shutters
- open the shutters
the opposite action
文法句型
shutter + noun phrase (the window / the shop)
用法筆記
Frequently used with a location as the object (shuttered the windows, shuttered the house). Not usually used for closing curtains or blinds — those are "drawn" or "closed", not shuttered.
常見錯誤
2. to shut a retail business, restaurant, or other operation, either at the end of
歇業；關店
暫時或永久停止營業
to shut a retail business, restaurant, or other operation, either at the end of each trading day or completely and permanently, so that it stops serving customers
Ife's Italian restaurant shuttered its doors after twenty years of serving the neighbourhood.
Ife 的義大利餐廳在服務社區二十年後關門歇業了。
collocation: shutter its doors — a fixed expression for closing permanently
Several small shops in the area have shuttered since the large supermarket opened nearby.
自從大型超市在附近開幕後，這個地區的幾間小店都已歇業。
intransitive use: have shuttered (no object) meaning 'have closed down'
The bakery on the corner shuttered temporarily while the kitchen was being repaired.
街角的那間麵包店在廚房整修期間暫時歇業。
The old cinema on Main Street shuttered its doors last month after the owners retired.
大街上的老電影院在上個月老闆退休後關門歇業了。
Ignacio's family business was shuttered during the economic downturn and never reopened.
Ignacio 的家族企業在經濟不景氣期間被迫歇業，再也沒有重新開張。
- close down
more general; can apply to any type of business or organisation
- go out of business
specifically permanent closure due to financial failure
文法句型
shutter + noun phrase (a business / a shop / its doors)
shutter (without object)
用法筆記
Common in news and business writing. "Shutter" in this sense implies physically closing the metal shutters of a shop; by extension it means 'to stop operations'. Often used in the passive: "The factory was shuttered in 2023."