名複: shelves
shelf




KK:[ʃɛlf] DJ:[ʃеlf]
n.[C]
- (書櫥等的)架子;擱板
- 架子(或擱板)上的東西;擱板的容量
- 擱板狀物
- 突出的岩石
- 沙洲;暗礁
片語
on the shelf
- (人、東西)被擱置的
- 不活躍的
辨析
以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
shelf1
n.
(pl. shelves)
- 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.
- a ledge of rock or protruding strip of land. ▸a submarine bank, or a part of the continental shelf.
Phrase
- off the shelf
not designed or made to order. - on the shelf
- no longer useful or desirable.
- past an age when one might expect to be married.
Derivative
- shelf-ful n. (pl. shelf-fuls).
- shelf-like adj.
Etymology
ME: from Mid. Low Ger. schelf; rel. to OE scylfe ‘partition’, scylf ‘crag’.
shelf2
n.
(pl. shelfs)
an informer.v.
inform on.Etymology
1930s: prob. from the phr. on the shelf ‘out of the way’.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》