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[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.
  [PHR after v]
  [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.
  [v-link PHR]
  [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 ; NAmE ʃelf / noun ( plural shelves / ʃelvz ; NAmE ʃelvz / ) 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
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2 ( geology ) 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
IDIOMS on the ˈshelf ( informal) 1 not 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 ˈshelf that 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 peg at peg n. shelf shelves
shelf / ʃelf ; NAmE ʃelf / shelves / ʃelvz ; NAmE ʃelvz /
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shelfshelf /ʃelf/ ●●● S3 W3 noun (plural shelves /ʃelvz/)
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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 shelf a)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
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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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