网络释义专业释义英英释义
mothball
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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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There was a smell of mothballs in her father’s inner sanctum, which he’d taken over from his now deceased senior partner without redoing the carpeting or the curtains.
她爸爸的里间办公室中一股樟脑球的味道。 办公室是从已去世的高级合伙人手上接过来的，帕蒂爸爸没有更换地毯，也没有重新做窗帘。
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In the old days, men only dressed up on special occasions, and while the suit might have survived months in mothballs, the socks invariably continued to get worn (to death).
在过去，男士只会在特殊场合才盛装打扮。套装会与樟脑丸一起存放数月，而袜子就一直被穿到坏掉。
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Drop the mothballs and reach for lavender or cedar instead.
不要使用樟脑丸，使用薰衣草或是雪松屑。
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