1 N-COUNT (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. (固定在墙上或橱柜上的)架子,搁板
SYN shelving, rack, bookshelf, mantelpiece
2 N-COUNT 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. 搁板状岩石;突出的岩石;(水下的)暗礁,陆架
3See also:continental shelf
4 PHRASE 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. 现成的;不用定制的 [British]
5 PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE, PHRASE after verb] 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. 搁置的;闲置的;没人要的 [informal]
SYN unmarried, single, unwed, unwedded
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