shut something in the door/drawer etcBritish EnglishBrE, shut the door/drawer etc on something American EnglishAmESHUT/CLOSE to shut a door etc against something so that it gets trapped there 把某物夹在门缝里/抽屉缝里等 I shut my finger in the back door yesterday and it still hurts. 昨天我的手指让后门夹了一下，现在还痛。
shut the door/drawer etc on something• Madeleine grimaced after she'd shut the door on him.• It watched her, unwinking, until she reached the room behind the shop and shut the door on its crimson gaze.• Come in, lads, come in and shut the door on the fog.• Even so, Wickham was not ready to shut the door on the possibility.• Everyone has been going for national contracts and that has shut the door on the small company.
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