| 单词 | in/into mothballs |
| 释义 | in/into mothballsin/into mothballs KEEP/STOREkept but not used for a long time 封存不用；束之高阁 With the end of the Cold War, several warships were put into mothballs. 随着冷战的结束，有几艘军舰被封存。 Examples from the Corpus in/into mothballs• They had been salted away in mothballs and smelt of naphthalene.• The £5,500 creation is currently in mothballs in a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles.• Carl Lewis' countenance was virtually put into mothballs.• And the plants that Thorn-EMI set up to press the discs will remain in mothballs. → in/into mothballs at mothball1(1) |
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