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

• 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。
• The shelves were filled with all sorts of vegetables--eggplants, cucumbers, cabbages, tomatoes.
  茄子啊，黄瓜啊，卷心菜啊，西红柿啊，各种蔬菜摆满了货架。
• The officials have asked local stores and supermarkets to remove the company's products from their shelves.
  有关人员已经责令当地商店和超市对该公司的产品下架。
• I arranged books on the shelves.
  我整理了书架上的书籍。
• 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。
• 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。
• He gestured at the shelves. 'I've bought many books from him.'
  他指着书架说，“我已经从他那里买了不少书了”。
• A series of holes in the side panels enables the position of the shelves to be adjusted
  通过侧板上的一系列小孔可以对隔板位置进行调整。
• 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。
• Are there enough shelves to accommodate all our books?
  有足够的书架容纳我们所有的书吗？