shuttering 通常作动名词或现在分词,常见含义有:
/ˈʃʌtərɪŋ/
He was shuttering the windows before the storm.
暴风雨来临前,他把窗板都关上了。
Facing rising costs and falling demand, the company announced it was shuttering several regional offices, leaving hundreds of employees to relocate or resign.
由于成本上升、需求下降,这家公司宣布将关闭数个地区办事处,数百名员工不得不选择调岗或离职。
shuttering 来自动词 shutter(给窗户装百叶窗/窗板;关上百叶窗;引申为“关闭、停业”),词根与 shut(关闭)相关;加上 -ing 构成表示动作或过程的形式。早期含义多与“窗板/遮蔽”有关,现代商业语境中常引申为“停业关闭”。
(在文学中更常见的是同词根形式 shutter / shutters / shuttered;用于描写老屋、街景、气氛与“遮蔽/封闭”的意象。)