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a flat board, made of wood, metal, glass, etc., fixed to the wall or forming part of a cupboard, bookcase, etc., for things to be placed on （固定在牆上的或櫥櫃、書架等的）架子，擱板 
I helped him put up some shelves in his bedroom. 我幫他在卧室裏裝了幾個擱架。 - on a shelf
The book I wanted was on the top shelf. 我想要的那本書在書架的最上層。 supermarket shelves 超市貨架 - (North American English)
store shelves 商店貨架 The product should hit store shelves by August. 該産品將於8月上市。 library shelves 圖書館書架 empty shelves 空擱板 the powerful retailers who control what products get shelf space 控制什麽産品的強大零售商獲得貨架空間
Collocations Decorating and home improvementDecorating and home improvement 裝飾和改善房屋 Houses 房屋 - refurbish/renovate/ (British English) do up a building/a house
整修／翻新／修繕樓房／房屋 - convert a building/house/room into homes/offices/(especially North American English) apartments/(British English) flats
把樓房／房子／房間／改建成住房／辦公室／公寓 - extend/enlarge a house/building/room/kitchen
擴建／擴大房屋／樓房／房間／廚房 - build (British English) an extension (to the back/rear of a house)/(North American English) an addition (on/to something)/(British English) a conservatory
（在房子後面）擴建；（在某處）增建；建造暖房 - knock down/demolish a house/home/building/wall
推倒／拆除房子／住房／樓房／牆壁 - knock out/through the wall separating two rooms
將兩個房間的隔牆打通
Decoration 裝飾 - furnish/paint/ (especially British English) decorate a home/a house/an apartment/a flat/a room
布置／油漆／裝飾住房／房子／公寓／房間 - be decorated in bright colours/in a traditional style/with flowers/with paintings
- paint/plaster the walls/ceiling
給牆壁／天花板上刷油漆／抹灰 - hang/put up/strip off/remove the wallpaper
貼／去除牆紙 - install/replace/remove the bathroom fixtures/(British English) fittings
安裝／更換／拆除浴室的固定裝置／附加設備 - build/put up shelves
搭架子 - lay wooden flooring/timber decking/floor tiles/a carpet/a patio
鋪設木地板／平台木板／地磚／地毯／露台 - put up/hang/take down a picture/painting/poster/curtain
挂上／取下圖畫／繪畫／海報／簾子
DIY/home improvement 自己動手；房屋改造 - do (British English) DIY/carpentry/the plumbing/the wiring
自己動手做；做木匠活；鋪設管道；鋪設線路 - make home improvements
改造房屋 - add/install central heating/underfloor heating/insulation
添加／安裝中央供暖系統／地暖系統／隔熱材料 - fit/install double-glazing/a smoke alarm
安裝雙層玻璃／煙霧報警器 - insulate your house/your home/the walls/the pipes/the tanks/(especially British English) the loft
在房子／住房／牆壁／管道／熱水箱／閣樓裏加隔熱裝置 - fix/repair a roof/a leak/a pipe/the plumbing/a leaking (especially British English) tap/(North American English usually) faucet
維修房頂／裂縫／管子／管道系統／漏水的水龍頭 - block/clog (up)/unblock/unclog a pipe/sink
堵住／疏通管道／洗滌池 - make/drill/fill a hole
開／鑽／填一個洞 - hammer (in)/pull out/remove a nail
錘進／拔出釘子 - tighten/untighten/loosen/remove a screw
擰緊／擰鬆／擰開螺絲釘 - saw/cut/treat/stain/varnish/paint wood
鋸／切割／加工木料；給木料上色／上清漆／上油漆
Collocationssee also top-shelfShopping Shopping 購物 - go/go out/be out shopping
去／外出／在外購物 - go to (especially British English) the shops/(especially North American English) a store/(especially North American English) the mall
去商店／商場 - do (British English) the shopping/(especially North American English) the grocery shopping/a bit of window-shopping
購物；購買食品雜貨；逛街浏覽一下商店櫥窗 - (North American English, informal) hit/hang out at the mall
去逛商場；在商場閒逛 - try on clothes/shoes
試穿衣服／鞋 - indulge in some retail therapy
沉迷於購物療法（瘋狂購物以撫慰心靈） - go on a spending spree
痛痛快快地花一通錢 - cut/cut back on/reduce your spending
減少花銷 - be/get caught shoplifting
在商店行竊被當場逮住 - donate something to/take something to/find something in (British English) a charity shop/(North American English) a thrift store
把某物捐贈給／拿到慈善商店；在慈善商店發現某物 - buy/sell/find something at (British English) a car boot sale/(British English) a jumble sale/a garage sale/(North American English) a yard sale
在後備箱舊貨市場／舊雜物義賣／車庫裏進行的舊物銷售／庭院拍賣會購買／出售／找到某物 - find/get/pick up a bargain
找到／買到便宜貨
At the shop/store 在商店 - load/push/wheel (British English) a trolley/(North American English) a cart
往手推車裏裝東西；推手推車 - stand in/wait in (British English) the checkout queue/(North American English) the checkout line
排隊付款 - (North American English) stand in line/ (British English) queue at the checkout
在付款處排隊 - bag (especially North American English) (your) groceries
把食品雜貨裝進袋子 - pack (away) (especially British English) your shopping
將所購之物打包 - stack/stock/restock the shelves at a store (with something)
（把某物）放上／補齊放上商店的貨架 - be (found) on/appear on supermarket/shop shelves
- be in/have in/be out of/run out of stock
有貨；脫銷 - deal with/help/serve customers
應付／幫助／服務顧客 - run a special promotion
搞特别促銷活動 - be on special offer
正在搞特價優惠
Buying goods 買商品 - make/complete a purchase
采購 - buy/purchase something online/by mail order
網購；郵購 - make/place/take an order for something
訂購某物 - buy/order something in bulk/in advance
大批／提前購買／訂購某物 - accept/take credit cards
接受信用卡 - pay (in) cash/by (credit/debit) card/(British English) with a gift voucher/(North American English) with a gift certificate
用現金／（信用／借記）卡／禮券支付 - enter your PIN number
輸入你的個人識别密碼 - ask for/get/obtain a receipt
索要／拿到收據 - return/exchange an item/a product
退還／更換商品／産品 - be entitled to/ask for/demand a refund
有資格要求／要求退款 - compare prices
對比價格 - offer (somebody)/give (somebody)/get/receive a 30% discount
給（某人）／得到 30% 的折扣
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb1, Shoppingb1He's got a job stocking shelves in a supermarket. 他找了份爲超市備貨的工作。 Her diaries just sat on the shelf for years. 她的日記在架子上擱了多年。 Hundreds of books lined the shelves. 數百本書排列在書架上。 I knocked it off the shelf by accident. 我不小心把它從架子上碰了下來。 I put the box back on the shelf. 我把盒子放回到擱板上。 I've cleared a shelf in the bedroom for you. 我在卧室給你騰空了一個擱板。 She scanned the shelves of the library for new books. 她在圖書館書架上尋找新書。 Shelves lined the walls behind the long counter. 架子排列在長櫃枱後的牆邊。 Souvenirs filled the shelves. 架上擺滿了紀念品。 The DVD is flying off the shelves (= selling very quickly). 這張數字影碟很暢銷。 The shelves were packed with dolls of every shape and size. 架子上擺滿了形狀各異、大小不一的娃娃。 The supermarket immediately removed the product from its shelves. 超市立即把這種産品撤下了貨架。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- deep
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- have
- build
- put up
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- be full of something
- contain something
- hold something
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- space
- life
- off a/the shelf
- on a/the shelf
- shelf of
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- be filled with shelves
- be lined with shelves
- a place on your shelves
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geology 地質學 a thing like a shelf in shape, especially a piece of rock sticking out from a cliff or from the edge of a mass of land under the sea （懸崖上或海底）突出的岩石；陸架；陸棚 see also continental shelf, ice shelf, shelve
Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Low German schelf; related to Old English scylfe ‘partition’, scylf ‘crag’.
Idioms
off the shelf
that can be bought immediately and does not have to be specially designed or ordered 現成有售的；不用定制的 I bought this package off the shelf. 我買的這一盒是現貨。 Some courses can be bought off the shelf as self-contained study packages. 有些課程可以作爲獨立的學習包購買。
on the shelf (informal)
not wanted by anyone; not used （無用而）閒置的；擱置的 - (old-fashioned)
(especially of women 尤指女人 considered to be too old to get married 年齡大得嫁不出去的
take something off the market/shelves