Shelve



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.搁置
• ［英］ v.搁置 ( to put off or aside)
• ［记］ 来自shelf ( 架子) ;例: shelve a problem ( 暂时搁置问题)
• ［例］ shelve a problem ( 暂时搁置问题)

Webster Collegiate

verb (shelved; shelving)

• Etymology: shelf
• Date: 1598
• transitive verb
  • 1. to furnish with shelves
  • 2. to place on a shelf <shelve books>
  • 3.
    • a. to remove from active service
    • b. to put off or aside <shelve a project>
• intransitive verb
  • to slope in a formation like a shelf
• ? shelver noun

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