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shelf
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- Conjugation :
pl
shelves
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Derivatives :
adj
shelflike
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- shelf
[ʃεlf]
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1.
noun
[c]
(bookshelf) 架子
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2.
noun
(in cupboard) 搁板
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3.
noun
(in oven) 层
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a set of shelves
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一整套架子
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to be left on the shelf
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[inf] [+person] 嫁不出去的
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- shelf
[ʃelf]
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1.
n.[c]
架子，搁架，搁板
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2.
n.[c]
[Geology]
岩架；岩礁，暗礁
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3.
n.[c]
[Geography]
大陆架
Collins English-English Dictionary
- shelf
[ʃεlf]
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1.
n
a thin flat plank of wood, metal, etc, fixed horizontally against a wall, etc, for the purpose of supporting objects
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2.
n
something resembling this in shape or function
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3.
n
the objects placed on a shelf, regarded collectively
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a shelf of books
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4.
n
a projecting layer of ice, rock, etc, on land or in the sea - See also continental shelf
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5.
n
[Mining]
a layer of bedrock hit when sinking a shaft
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6.
n
[archery]
the part of the hand on which an arrow rests when the bow is grasped
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7.
n
See off the shelf
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8.
vt.
[tr]
[Austral]
[Slang]
to inform upon
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9.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English scylfe ship's deck; related to Middle Low German schelf shelf, Old English scylf crag
Examples
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lift the box down from the shelf
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把箱子从架子上搬下来
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The shelf, too weak to bear all the books, collapsed.
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架子太不结实了，无法负荷所有的书，就被压塌了。
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The honey jar in on top of the shelf.
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蜂蜜罐儿在架子的最顶层。
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I just need to nail the shelf to the wall and I'm done.
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我只需要把架子钉到墙上就行了。
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Please organize the books on the shelf in alphabetical order.
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请把书架上的书按照字母顺序摆好。
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Please put it on the shelf.
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请把它放到架子上。
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If you put too many things on one end of this shelf, it'll tip up.
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如果你在架子的一段放太多东西，就会导致它翘起来。
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He fixed a plank of wood to the wall as a shelf.
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他在墙上钉了块儿木板当作架子用。
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The mother was mad because the kid knocked the vase off the shelf.
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那个小孩把架子上的花瓶打翻了，妈妈非常生气。
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He emptied the books from the shelf onto the desk.
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他把书架上的书都拿下来放到了桌子上。
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