英语词汇“shelve”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

shelve1

/ʃɛlv

verb [with object]

1Place or arrange (items, especially books) on a shelf: we had catalogued and shelved all the books shipped in that day...

I have a vague memory of the books being shelved under ‘C’ in the library when I were a lass.
One of the elderly librarians, who was shelving books nearby, scowled at us.
I have shelved the book once more in anger and it will remain until the next time I forget the cold harsh reality of cook books and their evil ways.

2Decide not to proceed with (a project or plan), either temporarily or permanently: plans to reopen the school have been shelved...

The council had decided to temporarily shelve the proposal to standardise the sales illustrations of life insurers.
The plan was temporarily shelved due to capital starvation and a shortage of technology, as well as a lack of talent to carry out the project.
The water authority has temporarily shelved the plans because of local hostility.

Synonyms

put to one side, lay aside, pigeonhole, stay, stand over, keep in abeyance, suspend, mothball;

postpone, put off, delay, defer, put back, hold over/off, carry over, reschedule, do later, adjourn;

put off the evil day/hour;

abandon, drop, abolish, withdraw, throw out, do away with, give up, take away, stop, put an end to, cancel, eliminate, cut, jettison;

North American put over, table, lay on the table, take a rain check on;

North American Law continue

informal put on ice, put on the back burner, put in cold storage, axe, ditch, dump, junk, chuck in

rare remit, respite

3Fit with shelves: one whole long wall was shelved...

The walls were shelved all the way down, with the exception of the bathroom door.

Derivatives

shelver

noun ...

But the most important job lesson came from observing what we shelvers called the ‘lifers’: the full-time, professional librarians, and the amazing bitterness some of them exhibited.
But having once been hired as a shelver and fired for incompetence a few hours later, I can attest that library work is larger than it appears in the side mirror.
And several times the shelvers came up to me and smiled and thanked me.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense 'project like a shelf' (Shakespearean usage)): from shelves, plural of shelf¹.

shelf from Middle English:
Shelf is from Middle Low German schelf; related forms are Old English scylfe ‘partition’, scylf ‘crag’. The late 16th-century verb shelve had the sense ‘project like a shelf’, first found in Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona: ‘Her chamber is aloft. And built so shelving, that one cannot climb it’. The form is from shelves, the plural of shelf.

Rhymes

shelve2

/ʃɛlv

verb [no object, with adverbial]

(Of ground) slope downwards in a specified manner or direction: the ground shelved gently down to the water...

From where I stood, the beach shelved steeply into a channel, perhaps chest deep and a long fly cast in width to the edge of the coral, where it rose to no more than my thigh.
Under water, the shingle beach shelves down to rows of small rocks and kelp beneath the low-water mark.
White sands shelve steeply down into clear blue-green water.

Origin

Late Middle English: origin uncertain; perhaps from shelf¹.

单词	shelve
释义	shelve1 /ʃɛlv / verb [with object] 1Place or arrange (items, especially books) on a shelf: we had catalogued and shelved all the books shipped in that day... I have a vague memory of the books being shelved under ‘C’ in the library when I were a lass. One of the elderly librarians, who was shelving books nearby, scowled at us. I have shelved the book once more in anger and it will remain until the next time I forget the cold harsh reality of cook books and their evil ways. 2Decide not to proceed with (a project or plan), either temporarily or permanently: plans to reopen the school have been shelved... The council had decided to temporarily shelve the proposal to standardise the sales illustrations of life insurers. The plan was temporarily shelved due to capital starvation and a shortage of technology, as well as a lack of talent to carry out the project. The water authority has temporarily shelved the plans because of local hostility. Synonyms put to one side, lay aside, pigeonhole, stay, stand over, keep in abeyance, suspend, mothball; postpone, put off, delay, defer, put back, hold over/off, carry over, reschedule, do later, adjourn; put off the evil day/hour; abandon, drop, abolish, withdraw, throw out, do away with, give up, take away, stop, put an end to, cancel, eliminate, cut, jettison; North American put over, table, lay on the table, take a rain check on; North American Law continue informal put on ice, put on the back burner, put in cold storage, axe, ditch, dump, junk, chuck in rare remit, respite 3Fit with shelves: one whole long wall was shelved... The walls were shelved all the way down, with the exception of the bathroom door. Derivatives shelver noun ... But the most important job lesson came from observing what we shelvers called the ‘lifers’: the full-time, professional librarians, and the amazing bitterness some of them exhibited. But having once been hired as a shelver and fired for incompetence a few hours later, I can attest that library work is larger than it appears in the side mirror. And several times the shelvers came up to me and smiled and thanked me. Origin Late 16th century (in the sense 'project like a shelf' (Shakespearean usage)): from shelves, plural of shelf¹. shelf from Middle English: Shelf is from Middle Low German schelf; related forms are Old English scylfe ‘partition’, scylf ‘crag’. The late 16th-century verb shelve had the sense ‘project like a shelf’, first found in Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona: ‘Her chamber is aloft. And built so shelving, that one cannot climb it’. The form is from shelves, the plural of shelf. Rhymes delve, helve, twelve shelve2 /ʃɛlv / verb [no object, with adverbial] (Of ground) slope downwards in a specified manner or direction: the ground shelved gently down to the water... From where I stood, the beach shelved steeply into a channel, perhaps chest deep and a long fly cast in width to the edge of the coral, where it rose to no more than my thigh. Under water, the shingle beach shelves down to rows of small rocks and kelp beneath the low-water mark. White sands shelve steeply down into clear blue-green water. Origin Late Middle English: origin uncertain; perhaps from shelf¹.
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