释义
[ shelv ] SHOW IPA
/ ʃɛlv / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), shelved, shelv·ing. to place (something) on a shelf or shelves.
to put off or aside from consideration: to shelve the question.
to remove from active use or service; dismiss.
to furnish with shelves.
Origin of shelve 1 First recorded in 1585–95; verb use of shelve(s)
SYNONYMS FOR shelve 2 defer, table, pigeonhole.
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OTHER WORDS FROM shelve shelver, noun Words nearby shelve shelter in place, shelter tent, sheltie, Shelton, shelty, shelve , shelves, shelving, Shem, Shema, she-male
Definition for shelve (2 of 2) [ shelv ] SHOW IPA
/ ʃɛlv / PHONETIC RESPELLING
verb (used without object), shelved, shelv·ing. Origin of shelve 2 1580–90; origin uncertain; compare Frisian skelf not quite level
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Example sentences from the Web for shelve When Kubrick explained that the resulting movie would be seven hours long, they agreed to shelve the script.
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If they read Nelson carefully, they'll hear a muted warning to shelve Paul Ryan's budget plans.
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That's really expensive, and it requires a lot of labor to keep track of all of those SKUs, figure out where to shelve them, etc.
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So should we shelve the personal-empowerment movement if we want to have long and happy marriages?
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Nay more, there is sometimes, however rarely as yet, an ominous disposition even in clerical circles to shelve the Bible.
To My Younger Brethren | Handley C. G. Moule
Ah, well; then we'll shelve that subject too for the present.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 16, 1887 | Various
The very thoroughness of his intention for that advanced date inclined him all the more readily to shelve the subject now.
Two on a Tower | Thomas Hardy
Two more rooms were taken over from the Legislative Council in 1881 and temporarily the Library could shelve all its books.
Report of the Chief Librarian | J. O. Wilson and General Assembly Library (New Zealand)
But he could shelve the side-issue, and fall back on the previous question with a sense of getting out of shoal water.
It Never Can Happen Again | William De Morgan
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British Dictionary definitions for shelve (1 of 2) verb (tr) to place on a shelf
to provide with shelves
to put aside or postpone from consideration
to dismiss or cause to retire
Derived forms of shelve shelver , noun Word Origin for shelve C16: from shelves, plural of shelf
British Dictionary definitions for shelve (2 of 2) verb (intr) to slope away gradually; incline
Word Origin for shelve C16: origin uncertain
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Words related to shelve suspend, waive, freeze, prolong, put off, mothball, give up, dismiss, scrub, drop, pigeonhole, stay, delay, sideline, table, hold, prorogue, hold up, tie up, hang up