n.(固定在墻上的或櫥柜、書架等的)架子，擱板; (懸崖上或海底)突出的巖石; 陸架; 陸棚

復數：shelves

牛津詞典

noun

（固定在墻上的或櫥柜、書架等的）架子，擱板a flat board, made of wood, metal, glass, etc., fixed to the wall or forming part of a cupboard/closet, bookcase , etc., for things to be placed on

I helped him put up some shelves in his bedroom.我?guī)退谂P室里裝了幾個擱架。

The book I wanted was on the top shelf.我想要的那本書在書架的最上層。

supermarket/library shelves 超市的貨架；圖書館的書架

empty shelves空擱板

（懸崖上或海底）突出的巖石；陸架；陸棚a thing shaped like a shelf, especially a piece of rock sticking out from a cliff or from the edge of a mass of land under the sea

the continental shelf**架

柯林斯詞典

N-COUNT (固定在墻上或櫥柜上的)架子，擱板A shelf is a flat piece of wood, metal, or glass which is attached to a wall or to the sides of a cupboard. Shelves are used for keeping things on.He took a book from the shelf.他從書架上拿了一本書。

...the middle shelf of the oven.烤箱的中間擱板

See also: The house stands on a shelf of rock among pines. continental shelf

PHRASE 現(xiàn)成的;不用定制的If you buy something off the shelf, you buy something that is not specially made for you.Any car you can buy off the shelf in a pastel pink has got to be saying something.現(xiàn)貨供應的任何一輛淡粉色汽車一定都有自己的賣點。

...off-the-shelf software.現(xiàn)成的軟件

PHRASE 擱置的;閑置的;沒人要的If you say that someone or something is on the shelf, you mean that no one wants them.I was afraid of getting left on the shelf.我害怕嫁不出去。

...first-rate plans which sit on the shelf.不被采用的最佳方案

雙語例句

He's useless at DIY. He won't even put up a shelf. 他自己動手能力太差，甚至連搭個架子都不會。

He has a shelf full of things, each of which has associations for him 他的一個擱架上擺滿了東西，每一樣都能勾起他許多回憶。

Lowered sea levels exposed the shallow continental shelf beneath the Bering Sea 海平面下降使白令海底部的淺層**架暴露出來。

A shelf of land extended from the escarpment. 懸崖上凸出一塊空地。

The shoes go on the shoe shelf 鞋子放在鞋架上。

Every inch of shelf space was crammed with books 書架上全都塞滿了書。

It's safe to eat foods that have been irradiated to prolong their shelf life. 食用經過輻射***菌處理、延長了保質期的食品是安全的。

She accidentally knocked the tea tin off the shelf 她不小心把架子上的茶葉罐碰了下來。

He returned the album to its place on the shelf 他把相冊放回架子上原來的地方。

I turned aside to realign the photographs of my children on the shelf. 我轉過身去把架子上孩子們的照片重新擺了擺。

I had screwed the shelf on the wall myself 我自己用螺釘把架子固定在墻上。

He took a book from the shelf. 他從書架上拿了一本書。

The house stands on a shelf of rock among pines. 房子矗立在松樹叢中一塊突出的巖石上。

Any car you can buy off the shelf in a pastel pink has got to be saying something. 現(xiàn)貨供應的任何一輛淡粉色汽車一定都有自己的賣點。

I was afraid of getting left on the shelf. 我害怕嫁不出去。

Mature flour has a longer shelf life. 熟面粉保存期要更長。

How do those prawns find their way from Norway to the supermarket shelf? 這些對蝦是如何從挪威跑到超市貨架上來的呢？

Theoretically, the price is supposed to be marked on the shelf 照理說，價格應該標在貨架上。

There's nothing in this room; there's not a single chair, there's no bed, and not a single shelf 這個房間空無一物，沒有椅子，沒有床，連個架子都沒有。

He reached for a tin of tobacco on the shelf behind him. 他伸手去夠身后架子上的一罐煙葉。

I can't reach the top shelf 我夠不著最上面的架子。

Under a wide shelf that holds coffee jars stands a pile of magazines 放咖啡罐的一個寬架子下方有一摞雜志。

Simon lifted a weighty volume from the shelf. 西蒙從書架上取下一本厚重的書。

Can you reach those books on the upper shelf? 你能夠到書架上面那一格上的書嗎？

Please lift the box down from the shelf for me. 請幫我把這只箱子從擱板上抬下來。

I hope this time they will not put my plan on the shelf. 希望這一次他們不會把我的計劃束之高閣。

I chose a few books from the shelf yesterday morning. 昨天早上我從書架上選了幾本書。

The shelf sagged under the weight of the heavy books. 書架擱板在書的重壓下變彎曲了。

He crowded the books onto the shelf. 他硬把這些書擠到書架上。

I have read every book on that shelf. 我讀遍了那個書架上所有的書。

習慣用語

n.

on the shelf

（無用而）閑置的；擱置的not wanted by anyone; not used

年齡大得嫁不出去的considered to be too old to get married

off the shelf

現(xiàn)成有售的；不用訂制的that can be bought immediately and does not have to be specially designed or ordered

I bought this package off the shelf.我買的這一盒是現(xiàn)貨。

off-the-shelf software packages現(xiàn)成軟件包

英英釋義

noun

a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

Synonym:ledge