n.[C]

1. （書櫥等的）架子；擱板
   He put the old books on the bottom shelf.

   他將舊書放在底層書架上。

2. 架子（或擱板）上的東西；擱板的容量
   He read the whole shelf in a week.

   他一個星期之內把這整個架子上的書都看了。

3. 擱板狀物
4. 突出的岩石
5. 沙洲；暗礁
   The ship hit a shelf of coral.

   那艘船觸上珊瑚礁了。

n.

1. a flat length of wood or rigid material attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, providing a surface for the storage or display of objects.
2. a ledge of rock or protruding strip of land.
   ▸a submarine bank, or a part of the continental shelf.

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