单词 | in/into mothballs |
释义 | in/into mothballs From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishin/into mothballsin/into mothballsKEEP/STOREkept but not used for a long time With the end of the Cold War, several warships were put into mothballs. → mothballExamples from the Corpusin/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. |
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