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单词 mothball
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noun | verb
mothballmothball1 /ˈmɔθbɔl/ noun [countable usually plural] 1a small white ball made of a strong-smelling chemical, used for keeping moths away from clothes2in mothballs if a building, plan, etc. is in mothballs, it is not being used now, although you might use it in the future3bring/take something out of mothballs to begin to use something that has not been used for a long time:  Four ships were brought out of mothballs starting in 2002.
noun | verb
mothballmothball2 verb [transitive] Verb Table to close a factory or to decide not to use plans or machinery for a long time:  The Defense Department plans to mothball a munitions plant.
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