shutter

[US]/'ʃʌtə/
[UK]/'ʃʌtɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a device in a camera that opens and closes to control the amount of light reaching the film or digital sensor, also known as the "shutter"

Phrases & Collocations

open the shutter

close the shutter

shutter release button

shutter speed

rolling shutter

roller shutter

shutter button

fire shutter

shutter door

electronic shutter

shutter release

Example Sentences

The shutter swung open.

shutters that are fast against the rain.

the shutter was banging in the wind.

The shutters went flipflop against the window.

shuttered the store for the holiday.

The slam of the shutter awoke me.

the camera will set fast shutter speeds to freeze the action.

uranium shutters shield the cobalt radioactive source.

the windows were shuttered against the afternoon heat.

a room that is light when the shutters are open.

The shutters thumped the wall in the wind.

He brought down the shutters on the terrible image of the car accident.

locked the doors and shuttered the windows.

the continual banging of the shutter in the wind).

the obscure rooms of a shuttered mansion).

The purple shutters on her house had a decidedly un-English look.

The camera has a shutter speed of one-sixtieth of a second.

Janet and Harry have put up the shutters.I see, it must be seven o'clock.

I'll cry and quarrel every night without any sleep.A bottle of shutter,a piece of marline,which would take to see the God.

Real-world Examples

It's strong and it doesn't shutter.

Source: CNN 10 Student English April 2018 Compilation

Windows rattled. Shutters came off their hinges.

Source: The Trumpet Swan

They were putting up the shutters. " It is not half-past two."

Source: Selected Short Stories of Hemingway

But I'm afraid it's been shuttered for the last years.

Source: English little tyrant

Try this one. You can get a picture by simply pressing the shutter.

Source: Conversation for Traveling Abroad: Sightseeing Edition

That word came today as the devastated region shuttered again with a heavy aftershock.

Source: PBS English News

When indoors, keep windows covered with shutters.

Source: Technology Trends

No one could pass these shutters if they were bolted.

Source: The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Not since World War II has the Louvre been shuttered to the public for so long.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2021 Compilation

Oh, something seems wrong. The shutter won't work.

Source: 100 Most Popular Conversational Topics for Foreigners

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