mothball
- n. 樟脑丸，卫生球
- vt. 封存
- adj. 后备的；封存的
[ 复数 mothballs 第三人称单数 mothballs 现在分词 mothballing 过去式 mothballed 过去分词 mothballed ]
专业释义英英释义
mothball [ 'mɔθbɔ:l, 'mɔ:θbɔ:l ]
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n.
a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing
同义词： camphor ball
- v. put into long-term storage
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
mothball /ˈmɒθˌbɔːl/ ( mothballing, mothballed, mothballs )
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1.
N-COUNT A mothball is a small ball made of a special chemical, which you can put among clothes or blankets in order to keep moths away. 樟脑丸; 卫生球
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2.
V-T If someone in authority mothballs a plan, factory, or piece of equipment, they decide to stop developing or using it, perhaps temporarily. 把...束之高阁; 暂停 [journalism]
例：...the decision to mothball the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, for safety and political reasons.
...出于安全和政治原因，暂时关闭巴丹半岛核电厂的决定。
双语例句权威例句
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Where exactly the mothball smell came from was one of those mysteries.
究竟樟脑球的味道从何而来还真是个迷。
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Yet Fukushima has prompted Germany, Italy and Switzerland to mothball their nuclear power projects.
然而福岛核泄漏事件又使德国，意大利和瑞士取消了他们的核电站项目。
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Our country population is numerous, per capita has farmland amount low, and mothball resource lack.
我国人口众多，人均占有耕地数量低，且后备资源缺乏。
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