shelves

名词 shelf:

1. a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
   同义词：shelf
2. a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
   同义词：ledge, shelf

动词 shelve:

1. hold back to a later time
   同义词：postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
2. place on a shelf
   同义词：shelve

1. It will take several firings to clear the shelves of all these pots.
   把这些架上的陶罐全都烧好要烧好几窑。
2. She bought some timber off-cuts to build kitchen shelves.
   她买了一些木材下脚料做厨房用架子。
3. The shore shelves down to the sea.
   海岸向海面的倾斜角度很小。
4. We haven't enough shelves to keep all our books on.
   我们的书架不够用，放不下这麽多书。
5. The river-bottom shelves here.
   河底从这里呈缓坡倾斜。
6. There were a lot of books on the shelves along the walls.
   靠墙的书架上有许多书。
7. He has read every book on the shelves.
   书架上所有的书他都读过了。
8. He chose a book at a venture from the shelves.
   他从书架上随便挑了一本书。