| 单词 | shelf |
| 释义 | Related topics: Furniture, Geology, Geographyshelf /ʃelf/ ●●● S3 W3 noun (plural shelves /ʃelvz/) 1 [countable]DHF a long flat narrow board attached to a wall or in a frame or cupboard, used for putting things on 〔墙上或橱柜里的〕搁板，架子top/bottom/next etc shelf Put it back on the top shelf. 把它放回顶层的搁板上。 shelves of books 一层层书架的书 supermarket shelves 超级市场的货架 the amount of shelf space available 可用的货架空间2. [countable]HEG a narrow surface of rock shaped like a shelf, especially under water 搁板状岩石；〔尤指海底的〕暗礁，大陆架 → continental shelf3 on the shelf a) NOT DO somethingif something is left on the shelf, it is not used or considered 不被考虑，搁置不用 The album stayed on the shelf for several years, until it was finally released. 这张专辑被搁置了几年，最后终于得以发行。 b) British English old-fashionedMARRY# too old to get married, used especially of women 〔尤指女子〕因年龄太大而结不成婚54 off-the-shelf available to be bought immediately, without having to be specially designed or ordered 现货供应 off-the-shelf software packages现货供应的计算机软件包 →off-the-peg → off-the-shelf, shelve(3)Examples from the Corpusshelf• shelves of books• Normally Flake bars have a shelf life of just nine months.• Her daughters would giggle over the odd doodles they found in kitchen drawers or on the back shelf of the downstairs toilet.• The next shelf we stopped on was filled with farm animals.• supermarket shelves• An interesting book hits the shelves next month involving former baseball great Tug McGraw.• I empty the soil in it and put it on the shelf.• Like any other book, its popularity will last for a moment, but it will remain on the shelves.• Now the telephone had acquired a personality, sat on the shelf so smug, taunting her with its silence.• Put it back on the top shelf.top/bottom/next etc shelf• The food and wine choices are top shelf and usually laid out on the linen-covered hood of a car.• She pointed to a pile of books on the bottom shelf of the bookcase.• Three fresh eggs lay in a small bowl on the top shelf in Freda's kitchen.• Miles likes to set up 105 his books alphabetically, with favorites on the top shelf and special baskets for series books.• Set a cup of water on the top shelf or sprinkle the newspapers lightly with water.• The small packets were on the bottom shelf, medium on the middle shelf and large packets on the top.• The next shelf we stopped on was filled with farm animals.• The top shelf is where Gay Times is traditionally to be found, nestling coyly next to Penthouse.Origin shelf (1300-1400) Middle Low German schelfshelf nounChinese long attached a to Corpus board flat narrow a |
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