核心畫面

Picture a flat board fixed to a wall: things rest on it, in view but out of the way. That flat ledge shape shows up under the sea as a wide rock platform, and in a phrase for whatever has been set aside and is no longer being used.

可以想成:釘在牆上的一塊平板——東西擱在上面,看得見,但不礙事。同樣「平平一階」的形狀出現在海底,就是大陸棚;而「被更多收起可以想成:釘在牆上的一塊平板——東西擱在上面,看得見,但不礙事。同樣「平平一階」的形狀出現在海底,就是大陸棚;而「被放上架子」這個畫面,則被用來講一件事被擱在一邊、暫時不動它了。複數是 shelves(f 變 v),跟 leaf–leaves 同一種規則。

From the picture

被擱在架子上(片語)

東西放上架子就不會再動它——這個畫面被拿來講計畫、產品或人「被擱著、沒有在用」。

on the shelf (not being used) · noun · B2

If a plan, idea, or product is left on the shelf, it is not being used, made, or considered any more, at least for now.

被擱置

Also in this word

storage board · noun · A2

A long flat board fixed to a wall or inside a cupboard, used for putting things on.

架子

continental shelf · noun · B1

A flat, wide area of rock shaped like a shelf, especially one under the sea near the edge of a continent.

大陸棚

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Shelfname

  • 1

    A place name:

  • 2

    A place name:

shelfnoun詞源 1/ʃɛlf/

  • 1

    A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.

    • We keep the old newspapers on the bottom shelf of the cupboard, and our photos on the top shelf.
    • Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.
  • 2

    The capacity of such an object

    • a shelf of videos
  • 3

    A projecting ledge that resembles such an object.

    • In 1981, China's Ministry of Geology surveyed the Taiwan Banks area and reported the following features: The Southern Basin (Taiwan Qian Tan) is situated approximately 200 km (124 mi) south-east of Swatao City and about 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the Taiwan Banks on the transition between shelf and slope in water depths of 50 to 200 m (164 to 656 ft).
  • 4

    computingengineeringmathematicsThe part of a repository where shelvesets are stored.

    • This is where the Visual Studio Shelving function can help. A shelf is a place on the server in source control that is separate from the main code line so it will not affect other developers.
    • A shelveset allows you to store a changeset on the server without adding it to the current codebase and sharing it with team members directly. Each team member has his own “shelf,” where he can store as many shelvesets as he wants.

shelfnoun詞源 2/ʃɛlf/

  • 1

    A reef, sandbar, or shoal.

    • But with a ſlaw ſuddein chauffing ſtorm-bringer Orion, / Spurnt vs too the waters: then ſootherne ſwaſhruter huffling / Flung vs on high ſhelueflats, to the rocks vs he buffeted after.
    • The Marchant that returnes from ſome far forrain lands, / Eſcaping dreadfull rocks and dangerous ſhelfs and ſands, / When as he ſees his ſhip her home-hauen enter ſafe, / Will he repine at God, and as offended chafe / For being brought to ſoone home to his natiue ſoile, / Free from all perills ſad that threaten ſaylor’s ſpoile?

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。