shelves

英 [ʃelvz]

美 [ʃelvz]

n.  (固定在墙上的或橱柜、书架等的)架子，搁板; (悬崖上或海底)突出的岩石; 陆架; 陆棚
shelf的复数; shelve的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 搁置，停止执行，暂不进行(计划、项目)
  If someoneshelvesa plan or project, they decide not to continue with it, either for a while or permanently.
  1. Atlanta has shelved plans to include golf in the 1996 Games...
     亚特兰大已搁置了将高尔夫球纳入 1996 年奥运会的计划。
  2. Sadly, the project has now been shelved.
     不幸的是，计划现在已经搁浅。
• VERB (近海或海底陆地)向下倾斜,成斜坡
  If an area of ground next to or under the seashelves, it slopes downwards.
  1. The shoreline shelves away steeply.
     海岸线顺势陡直而下。
  2. ...a gently shelving beach.
     坡度平缓的海滩
• (shelf 的复数)
  Shelvesis the plural ofshelf.

双语例句

• Back on Flatbush Avenue, Pong is busy restocking his shelves with cucumbers and coconuts.
  回到弗拉特布什大道上，庞正忙着往货架上补充黄瓜和椰子。
• Shelves were built to adapt the library for use as an office.
  为将图书馆改作办公室而做了一些架子。
• If I put the shelves near the radiator, the heat might warp them.
  假如我把架子放在暖气装置旁边，那热量可能会使之变形的。
• Please return the periodicals to their places on the shelves.
  架上期刊，阅后请放还原处。
• I arranged books on the shelves.
  我整理了书架上的书籍。
• We split the boards down the middle to use them for the back of the shelves.
  我们把木板从中间锯开，用作架子的背板。
• Are there enough shelves to accommodate all our books?
  有足够的书架容纳我们所有的书吗？
• Kitty: I agree, Mum* My cupboards and shelves are full, too.
  我同意，妈妈。我的碗柜和书架也满了。
• The shoreline shelves away steeply.
  海岸线顺势陡直而下。
• The shelves and numbers are the storage system. The card indices are the retrieval system.
  书架和书号是存储系统，卡片索引是检索系统。