shelf

CET4TEM4考研CET6中低频词核心词汇

英 [ʃelf] 美[ʃɛlf]

释义

n. 架子；搁板；搁板状物

词态变化

复数: shelves;

近义词

unemployed unoccupied unused worthless inactive useless unusable inoperative

中文词源

shelf 架子，搁架，大陆架

来自古英语 scylfe,架子，搁架，船板，甲板，来自 Proto-Germanic*skelf,分开，切开，来自 PIE*skel,切，分，词源同 scale,shell.引申诸相关词义。

英文词源

shelf: shelf: [14] Shelf appears to have been borrowed from Middle Low German schelf ‘shelf’. This may have come from the Germanic base *skelf- ‘split’, which also produced Old English scylfe ‘partition’, the word’s underlying meaning therefore being a ‘piece of split wood used for standing things on’. The derivative shelve dates from the 16th century.
shelf (n.): late 14c., from Middle Low German schelf "shelf, set of shelves," or from Old English cognate scylfe, which perhaps meant "shelf, ledge, floor," and scylf "peak, pinnacle," from Proto-Germanic *skelf- "split," possibly from the notion of a split piece of wood (compare Old Norse skjölf "bench"), from PIE root *(s)kel- (1) "to cut, cleave" (see scale (n.1)).

Shelf life first recorded 1927. Phrase on the shelf "out of the way, inactive" is attested from 1570s; of unmarried women with no prospects from 1839. Off the shelf "ready-made" is from 1936. Meaning "ledge of rock" is from 1809, perhaps from or influenced by shelf (n.2). Related: Shelves.
shelf (n.2): "sandbank," 1540s, of unknown origin. Related: Shelfy "abounding in sandbanks."

双语例句

1. The house stands on a shelf of rock among pines.: 房子矗立在松树丛中一块突出的岩石上。

2. She accidentally knocked the tea tin off the shelf.: 她不小心把架子上的茶叶罐碰了下来。

3. He's useless at DIY. He won'teven put up a shelf.: 他自己动手能力太差，甚至连搭个架子都不会。

4. I was afraid of getting left on the shelf.: 我害怕嫁不出去。

5. He reached for a tin of tobacco on the shelf behind him.: 他伸手去够身后架子上的一罐烟叶。

英英释意

1. a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects

2. a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

实用场景例句

I helped him put up some shelves in his bedroom.: 我帮他在卧室里装了几个搁架。

The book I wanted was on the top shelf.: 我想要的那本书在书架的最上层。

supermarket/library shelves: 超市的货架；图书馆的书架

empty shelves: 空搁板

the continental shelf: 大陆架

I bought this package off the shelf.: 我买的这一盒是现货。

off-the-shelf software packages: 现成软件包

He took a book from the shelf.: 他从书架上拿了一本书。

...the middle shelf of the oven.: 烤箱的中间搁板

The house stands on a shelf of rock among pines.: 房子矗立在松树丛中一块突出的岩石上。

Any car you can buy off the shelf in a pastel pink has got to be saying something.: 现货供应的任何一辆淡粉色汽车一定都有自己的卖点。

...off-the-shelf software.: 现成的软件

I was afraid of getting left on the shelf.: 我害怕嫁不出去。

...first-rate plans which sit on the shelf.: 不被采用的最佳方案

They are hoping for unanimous support from all the countries in attendance.: 他们希望获得所有与会国家的一致支持.

Would you please help me to put the shelf up; I can't do it myself.: 你能帮我把书橱抬起来吗?我自己干不了.

The report will be left on the shelf as so many reports have been left in the past.: 这份报告将要和过去的许多报告一样被束之高阁.

The shelf was beginning to sag beneath the weight of the books upon it.: 书架在书的重压下渐渐下弯.

A retired person should not be made to feel he's on the shelf.: 不要使退休的人有被抛弃的感觉.

The querulous old man refused to be put on the shelf.: 那个爱抱怨的老人不肯让人撇在一边.

You'll have to drill into the wood before you can fix the shelf.: 要装上这架子你得在木头上钻一个洞.

She never married; she's been left on the shelf.: 她从未结过婚, 现在也嫁不出去了.

Heave the box onto the top shelf.: 把这个箱子举到最上面一层搁板上.

Will you please hand down that book from the shelf?: 请你把书架上那本书拿下来好吗 ?

Can you reach those books on the upper shelf?: 你能够到书架上面那一格上的书吗 ?

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.

I can't get at the tool on the shelf.: 我够不着架子上的工具.

All of those parts can be purchased off the shelf.: 所有这些零件都有现货供应.

考试真题

The brain is a seemingly endless library, whose shelves house our most precious memories as well as our lifetime's knowledge.

There is no shelf life on intelligence.

Decades ago, Kodak anticipated that digital photography would overtake film — and in fact, Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975 — but in a fateful decision, the company chose to shelf its new discovery to focus on its traditional film business.

Place the tea on a lower shelf next time.

Oh, yes, go down this aisle, pass the garden tools, you'll find them on the shelf next to the light bulbs.

Bruce Peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.

Everyone is supposed to put books back to the shelves when the closing bell is sounded.

Grocery stores of the future might stock "food" that lasts years on end, freeing up shelf space and reducing transportation and storage requirements.

His constructions filled a shelf in the art classroom and a good part of his bedroom at home.

Samuel, the tallest boy in our class, can easily reach the books on the top shelf.

When mom said, " the c-a-n-d-y is hidden on the top shelf, " I knew where the candy was.

All I have to do is to go to my CD shelf, or boot up my computer and download still more recorded music from iTunes.

All I have to do is to go to my CD shelf, or boot up my computer and download still more recorded music from itunes.

词组搭配

off the shelf

Available from merchandise in stock; not custom-made.

现货供应：在存货商品中能得到的；非定制的

on the shelf

In a state of disuse.

束之高阁的：处于不使用状态的

Unemployed.

退休的