[N-COUNT 可数名词](固定在墙上或橱柜上的)架子,搁板 A shelf is a flat piece of wood, metal, or glass which is attached to a wall or to the sides of a cupboard. Shelves are used for keeping things on.
He took a book from the shelf.
他从书架上拿了一本书。
...the middle shelf of the oven.
烤箱的中间搁板
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
continental shelf
;搁板状岩石;突出的岩石;(水下的)暗礁,陆架 A shelf is a section of rock on a cliff or mountain or underwater that sticks out like a shelf.
The house stands on a shelf of rock among pines.
房子矗立在松树丛中一块突出的岩石上。
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[PHRASE 短语]现成的;不用定制的 If you buy something off the shelf, you buy something that is not specially made for you.
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[BRIT 英]
Any car you can buy off the shelf in a pastel pink has got to be saying something.
现货供应的任何一辆淡粉色汽车一定都有自己的卖点。
...off-the-shelf software.
现成的软件
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[PHRASE 短语]搁置的;闲置的;没人要的 If you say that someone or something is on the shelf, you mean that no one wants them.
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[INFORMAL 非正式]
I was afraid of getting left on the shelf.
我害怕嫁不出去。
...first-rate plans which sit on the shelf.
不被采用的最佳方案
Oxford
shelf★/ʃelf; NAmEʃelf/noun(pluralshelves/ʃelvz; NAmEʃelvz/)1★a flat board, made of wood, metal, glass, etc, fixed to the wall or forming part of a cupboard/closet, bookcase,etc, for things to be placed on (固定在墙上的或橱柜、书架等的)架子,搁板◆I helped him put up some shelves in his bedroom.我帮他在卧室里装了几个搁架。◆The book I wanted was on the top shelf.我想要的那本书在书架的最上层。◆supermarket/library shelves超市的货架;图书馆的书架◆empty shelves空搁板☞collocationsat
decorate
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shopping
2( geology 地) a thing shaped like a shelf, especially a piece of rock sticking out from a cliffor from the edge of a mass of land under the sea (悬崖上或海底)突出的岩石;陆架;陆棚◆the continental shelf大陆架☞see also
shelve
IDIOMSon the ˈshelf( informal) 1not wanted by anyone; not used (无用而)闲置的;搁置的2( old-fashioned) (especially of women 尤指妇女)considered to be too old to get married 年龄大得嫁不出去的off the ˈshelfthat can be bought immediately and does not have to be specially designed or ordered 现成有售的;不用订制的◆I bought this package off the shelf.我买的这一盒是现货。◆off-the-shelf software packages现成软件包☞compare off the pegatpegn.shelfshelvesshelf/ʃelf; NAmEʃelf/shelves/ʃelvz; NAmEʃelvz/
1[countable] a long flat narrow board attached to a wall or in a frame or cupboard, used for putting things ontop/bottom/next etc shelf Put it back on the top shelf. shelves of books supermarket shelves the amount of shelf space available2[countable] a narrow surface of rock shaped like a shelf, especially under water →
continental shelf
3on the shelfa)if something is left on the shelf, it is not used or considered: The album stayed on the shelf for several years, until it was finally released.b)British English old-fashioned too old to get married, used especially of women →
off-the-shelf
, shelve(3)
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shelf
[ʃelf]
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架子(81%),搁板(11%),搁板状物(5%),搁置(2%),闲置(1%)
n.架子;搁板;搁板状物;暗礁
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