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shelfFelfn [C]pl shelves Selvza long flat board fixed horizontally usually against a wall or inside a cupboard so that objects can be stored on it（柜橱的）搁板，架子One wall had shelves from floor to ceiling, crammed with books.在一面墙上，从地板到天花板都是放满了书的搁架。She has some glass shelves in her living room, with photographs of her family on them.在她的客厅里有一些玻璃架子，上面放着她一家的照片。He's got a temporary job stacking (= putting goods onto) shelves at the supermarket.他找了一份临时工，是在超级市场里把货物摆上货架。Shops have removed all jars of the baby food from their shelves (= made them not available for sale) following reports that it has been contaminated.在有关婴儿食品被污染的报导之后，商店已经把所有的此类食品的瓶瓶罐罐都从货架上拿了下来。(specialized) A shelf is also a flat area of rock underwater or on a cliff.陆架，陆棚If a product can be bought off the shelf, it does not need to be specially made or requested.现成的，非专门制造的It's often cheaper if you buy wallpaper off the shelf/if you buy off-the-shelf wallpaper, rather than having to order it.如果你买的是现成的墙纸，通常会比订购的要便宜一些。If something is, or is left, on the shelf, no notice is taken of it and it is not used for anything.被搁置的，废弃的Many of their wedding presents have just been left on the shelf.他们的许多结婚礼物都被束之高阁。(esp. Br and Aus infml) If you say that someone, esp. a woman, is on the shelf, you mean that they are now too old for anyone to want to marry them.（指未婚女子）年龄太大而没有希望结婚的In those days, if you hadn't married by the time you were 30, you were definitely on the shelf.在那个时代里，如果你在30岁前还未结婚，那么你就肯定结婚无望了。The shelf life of a product, esp. food, is the length of time it can be kept in a shop before it becomes too old to be sold or used.货架寿命Shelf space is the amount of space on shelves that is available to be used.搁架面积The bookstore is devoting a lot of shelf space to the former prime minister's autobiography.书店腾出一大块货架来摆放前首相的自传。[BOOKSHELF]
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