a.
- 不能外出的Only the shut-in patients had to stay inside on such a beautiful day.
只有不能外出的病人才必須在這樣好的天氣裡待在室內。
- 孤獨的A sudden shut-in feeling came over her after everybody left.
當大家都走了之後，一種突生的孤獨感向她襲來。
n.
- 不能外出的人You don't know how uncomfortable it is to be a shut-in unless you have been one before.
除非自己有親身經歷，否則你不會知道不能外出的人是多麼難受。
- 孤獨的人；離群的人The man became a shut-in since the death of his wife.
自從妻子去世後，這個男人就變成了個孤獨的人。