If a window or a house is shuttered, it has shutters — those wooden or metal covers on the outside of a window — or those covers are closed. That is the picture the word started with.

If a window or a house is shuttered如果一扇窗戶或一棟房子是shuttered的, it has shutters表示它裝有shutters(窗板) — those wooden or metal covers on the outside of a window也就是窗戶外面那種木頭或金屬的遮板 — or those covers are closed或是那些遮板是關上的. That is這 the picture the word started with就是這個字最初的畫面.

Though actually, the way you will meet it most is about shops, factories, and restaurants. When a shop is shuttered, the metal door at the front has been pulled down.

Though actually不過, the way you will meet it most你最常遇到的用法 is about shops, factories, and restaurants是講商店、工廠和餐廳. When a shop is shuttered當一間店是shuttered的, the metal door at the front前面的鐵門 has been pulled down已經拉下來了.

Sometimes that only means closed for the night. Very often, especially in the news, it means the business has stopped for good: nobody works there any more.

Sometimes有時候 that only means那只是表示 closed for the night晚上打烊而已. Very often很多時候, especially in the news特別是在新聞裡, it means它是指 the business has stopped for good這家店已經永久歇業: nobody works there any more已經沒有人在那裡上班了.

Writers like this word after a storm, a war, or a bad year for money. It feels a little more formal than just saying closed.

Writers作家、記者 like this word喜歡用這個詞 after a storm, a war, or a bad year for money來形容風暴、戰爭,或經濟很差的一年之後. It feels它感覺 a little more formal比單純說closed稍微 than just saying closed正式一點.

At home, people usually say they closed the shutters, not that the window is shuttered.

At home在家裡的情境, people usually say大家通常會說 they closed the shutters「我把窗板關上了」, not that the window is shuttered而不會說「這扇窗是shuttered的」.