shut in

閉じ込める

人や物を、外に出られないように場所の中に閉じ込める。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： shut someone/something in + place (They shut the dog in the kitchen.)

類義語： confine, lock in

反対語： let out, release

よく使う表現： shut someone in, shut something in

囲む、取り囲む

場所を四方から囲み、閉ざされた感じにする。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： be shut in by something (The village is shut in by steep hills.)

類義語： enclose, surround

よく使う表現： shut in a valley, shut in the garden

油井の生産を停止する

油井からの石油の流出を止め、生産を停止する。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： shut in something (The operator shut in the well after the leak.)

類義語： halt production

よく使う表現： shut in a well, shut in oil wells