shut (someone) up
phrasal verb with shut verb [ I or T ] uk/ʃʌt/ us/ʃʌt/ shutting | shut
informal
B2 使（某人）闭嘴，使（某人）停止说话
to stop talking or making a noise, or to make someone do this
I wish you'd shut up for a moment and listen to what the rest of us have to say. 我希望你能闭上嘴巴安静一会儿，听听我们其他人说什么。
Just shut up and get on with your work! 快闭上嘴巴继续工作！
My dad never stops talking. It's impossible to shut him up! 我父亲不停地说话。简直不可能让他停下来！
figurative If you breathe a single word to the police, we'll shut you up for good (= kill you). 如果你向警察透露一个字，我们会让你永远闭上嘴。
使（某人）不再谈论（某话题）;堵住（某人）的嘴巴
to stop someone from talking about a particular subject or from complaining or asking for things
The kids kept saying how hungry they were, so their father gave them some biscuits to shut them up. 孩子们总嚷嚷说自己饿了，于是他们的父亲给了一些饼干堵住他们的嘴。
- More examples
- I wish for once she'd shut up and listen to what someone else has to say.
- Once she starts you can't shut her up.
- In the end I gave her the money just to shut her up.
- I agreed with him just to shut him up.
- Don't you just want to tell him to shut up?