shut in

enfermer

Garder quelqu’un ou quelque chose à l’intérieur d’un lieu en l’empêchant de sortir.

En anglais simple : To keep someone or something inside a place so they cannot leave.

• Do not shut the cat in.
• She accidentally shut herself in the bathroom.
• We were shut in the house by heavy snow.

Comment l'utiliser : shut someone/something in + place (They shut the dog in the kitchen.)

Synonymes : confine, lock in

Contraires : let out, release

Expressions courantes : shut someone in, shut something in

enclore, entourer

Entourer complètement un lieu, ce qui donne l’impression qu’il est fermé sur lui-même.

En anglais simple : To surround a place completely, making it feel closed off.

• High walls shut in the garden.
• The valley was shut in by mountains.
• Tall buildings shut in the little courtyard.

Comment l'utiliser : be shut in by something (The village is shut in by steep hills.)

Synonymes : enclose, surround

Expressions courantes : shut in a valley, shut in the garden

fermer un puits

Arrêter l’écoulement du pétrole d’un puits pour en suspendre la production.

En anglais simple : To stop oil from flowing out of a well, ending its production.

• They shut in the oil well.
• Several wells were shut in after the storm.
• Falling prices forced the company to shut in production.

Comment l'utiliser : shut in something (The operator shut in the well after the leak.)

Synonymes : halt production

Expressions courantes : shut in a well, shut in oil wells