shelve

中文来自 ECDICT

vt.: 放置架子上，搁置
vi.: 渐渐倾斜

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原始词根

原始印欧语 *(s)kelH-

词源说明

The verb is a back-formation from shelves, the plural of shelf (“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”).

The noun is derived from etymology 1, verb sense 2 (“(obsolete) to hang over or project like a shelf”).

释义（英文）

动词 Verb

(transitive) To furnish (a place) with shelves; especially, to furnish (a library, etc.) with bookshelves.
(transitive) To place (something) on a shelf; especially, to place or arrange (books) on a bookshelf.
(transitive) (figurative) To place (something) in a certain location, as if on a shelf.

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演变路径（由近及远）

英语
继承自 ←中古英语 shelven “to separate (someone or something) from another thing, keep away”

词源说明

From Late Middle English shelven (“to separate (someone or something) from another thing, keep away”); further etymology uncertain, possibly:

from shelf, shelfe (“shelf; cabinet, cupboard; grassy bank”) (though this is doubted by the Oxford English Dictionary); or

related to West Frisian skelf (“not level or straight, oblique”).

释义（英文）

动词 Verb

(transitive, UK, dialectal) To tilt or tip (a cart) to discharge

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词源说明

Treated as a singular form of shelves, the plural of shelf (“reef; sandbar; shoal”).

释义（英文）

名词 Noun

(archaic) Alternative spelling of shelf (“a reef, sandbar, or shoal”).

词族

派生词（1）

shelvy