a flat length of wood or rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects
架子;搁板。
a ledge of rock or protruding strip of land
突出的岩石;突出的土地。
a submarine bank, or a part of the continental shelf
大陆架,陆棚。
an informer
告密者。
inform upon (someone)
告发(某人)。
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off the shelf not designed or made to order but taken from existing stock or supplies 现货的,现成的off-the-shelf software packages . 现货软件包 -
on the shelf (of people or things) no longer useful or desirable (人或物)被搁置一旁的;无用的an injury which has kept him on the shelf . 使他一直无法被派上场的伤 -
(especially of a woman) past an age when one might expect to have the opportunity to marry (尤指大龄妇女)嫁不出去的
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(of a music recording or a film) awaiting release on the market after being recorded (音乐唱片,电影)待发行的
"Middle English:from Middle Low German