shelf/ʃelf/ ( [复] shelves)

n C

1. 架子；搁板

• empty shelves in the supermarket 超市里的空货架

• After you read the book， put it back onto the shelf. 看完后把书放回书架。

2. 搁板的容量

• a shelf of books 一层书架的书

3. 搁板状物；大陆架

• a continental shelf 大陆架

词组on the shelf

1. 被搁置起来，无人过问的

• They put our project on the shelf. 他们把我们的项目搁置了起来。

2. (大龄女子)嫁不出去的

• She was worried that she would be left on the shelf. 她担心自己会嫁不出去。