shut-in
shut-in · shut-ins
A person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmityA person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmity.
/ˈʃʌtˌɪn/
Значение
значений: 2A person confined to a location, as by illness or infirmity.
He visited shut-ins as a good deed.
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.
Ещё определения
- someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
Переводы
языков: 1Происхождение
Deverbal from shut in.Deverbal from shut in.
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Формы
мн. число: shut-insСинонимы
синонимов: 1Близкие по смыслу
- someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury:invalid