shelf

复数：shelves

1. [C] 搁架,搁板 flat rectangular piece of wood, metal, glass or other material fastened horizontally to a wall or in a cupboard, bookcase, etc. for things to be placed on
2. [C] 搁板状物,悬崖等上突出的岩石,大陆架 thing resembling a shelf, especially a piece of rock rejecting from a cliff, etc. or from the edge of a mass of land under the sea

• build a shelf安装架子
• put up a shelf安装架子

• adjustable shelf可调整的架子
• continental shelf大陆架
• the top shelf最高一格

• book shelf书架
• store shelf货架

• off the shelf现货供应
• on the shelf在搁板上,束之高阁

on the shelf在书架上；束之高阁；被搁置的；闲置的

shelf life n. 保存限期；贮藏寿命；闲置时间；适用期

off the shelf现成的，不用定制的

continental shelf n. [地质]大陆架

book shelf书架

ice shelf冰架，陆架冰；冰棚

shelf space货架空间；货架面积；零售店里商品陈列空间

shelf company现成公司；空壳公司

open shelf开架（式）

1. He poised the glass on the shelf.
   他把玻璃杯稳稳地放在架子上。
2. There were a lot of books on the shelves along the walls.
   靠墙的书架上有许多书。
3. Please lift the box down from the shelf for me.
   请帮我把这只箱子从搁板上抬下来。
4. I screwed up the jar and put it back on the shelf.
   我把罐子拧上盖儿,放回搁架。

1. The plan has been put on a shelf since it's unrealistic.
   鉴于其非现实性,该计划已被搁置。
2. A retired person should not be made to feel he's on the shelf.
   不应该让退休的人感到自己是个闲人