形容词
1. 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须在这样好的天气里待在室内。
2. A sudden shut-in feeling came over her after everybody left.
当大家都走了之后，一种突生的孤独感向她袭来。
名词
1. You don't know how uncomfortable it is to be a shut-in unless you have been one before.
除非自己有亲身经历，否则你不会知道不能外出的人是多么难受。
2. The man became a shut-in since the death of his wife.
自从妻子去世后，这个男人就变成了个孤独的人。
1. 长期抱恙在家的人;卧病在床的人
A shut-in is someone who is ill for a long time, and has to stay in bed or at home.
e.g. ...Meals on Wheels or similar programs that bring outside life to shut-ins.
使卧病在家的人无需外出的“送餐上门”服务及类似的服务项目