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shelve

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they shelve
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he / she / it shelves
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past simple shelved
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past participle shelved
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-ing form shelving
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  1. [transitive] shelve something to decide not to continue with a plan, either for a short time or permanently搁置，停止（计划） synonym put on ice
    • The government has shelved the idea until at least next year.政府决定把这个想法先放一放，至少推迟到明年再说。🔊🔊
    • Plans to expand the company have been quietly shelved.扩展公司的计划被悄悄搁置起来。
  2. [transitive] shelve something to put books, etc. on a shelf把…放在架子（或搁板）上
  3. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of land陆地) to slope downwards倾斜；成斜坡
    • The beach shelved gently down to the water.海滩缓缓地向下没入水中。🔊🔊
    • The ground shelves quite steeply here.这儿的地面倾斜得相当厉害。
    4. Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘project like a shelf’ (Shakespearean usage)): from shelves, plural of shelf.sense 3 late Middle English: origin uncertain; perhaps from shelf.