shelve

shelve1
verb
[with obj.]
  1. place or arrange (items, especially books) on a shelf
    把（物件，尤指书）放上架
    ■(figurative)decide not to proceed with (a project or plan), either temporarily or permanently
    (喻)搁置，暂缓考虑（项目，计划）
    plans to reopen the school have been shelved.
    重开学校的计划已经暂缓考虑了。
  2. fit with shelves
    装架子（或搁板）于
    one whole long wall was shelved.
    整堵长墙都装了搁架。
派生
shelver
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (in the sense 'project like a shelf' (Shakespearean usage): from shelves, plural of shelf
shelve2
verb
  1. [no obj., with adverbial](of ground) slope downwards in a specified manner or direction
    （地面）以一定方式倾斜，向…倾斜
    the ground shelved gently down to the water.
    这块地缓缓向水边倾斜。
语源
  1. late Middle English: origin uncertain; perhaps from shelf
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