shelve
verb /ʃelv/
/ʃelv/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they shelve | /ʃelv/ /ʃelv/ |
| he / she / it shelves | /ʃelvz/ /ʃelvz/ |
| past simple shelved | /ʃelvd/ /ʃelvd/ |
| past participle shelved | /ʃelvd/ /ʃelvd/ |
| -ing form shelving | /ˈʃelvɪŋ/ /ˈʃelvɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] shelve something to decide not to continue with a plan, either for a short time or permanently
搁置，停止（计划） - The government has shelved the idea until at least next year.
政府决定把这个想法先放一放，至少推迟到明年再说。 - Plans to expand the company have been quietly shelved.
扩展公司的计划被悄悄搁置起来。
- The government has shelved the idea until at least next year.
- [transitive] shelve something to put books, etc. on a shelf
把…放在架子（或搁板）上 - [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of land
陆地 倾斜；成斜坡 - The beach shelved gently down to the water.
海滩缓缓地向下没入水中。 - The ground shelves quite steeply here.
这儿的地面倾斜得相当厉害。
- The beach shelved gently down to the water.
词源senses 1 to 2 late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘project like a shelf’ (Shakespearean usage)): from shelves, plural of shelf.sense 3 late Middle English: origin uncertain; perhaps from shelf.