n.[C]

1. （书橱等的）架子；搁板
   He put the old books on the bottom shelf.

   他将旧书放在底层书架上。

2. 架子（或搁板）上的东西；搁板的容量
   He read the whole shelf in a week.

   他一个星期之内把这整个架子上的书都看了。

3. 搁板状物
4. 突出的岩石
5. 沙洲；暗礁
   The ship hit a shelf of coral.

   那艘船触上珊瑚礁了。

n.

1. a flat length of wood or rigid material attached to a wall or forming part of a piece of furniture, providing a surface for the storage or display of objects.
2. a ledge of rock or protruding strip of land.
   ▸a submarine bank, or a part of the continental shelf.

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