shelve
verb- [transitive] shelve something
to decide not to continue with a plan, either for a short time or permanently synonym put on ice搁置,停止(计划) - [transitive] shelve something
to put books, etc. on a shelf 把…放在架子(或搁板)上 - [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.)
(of land )陆地 to slope downwards 倾斜;成斜坡
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘project like a shelf’ (Shakespearean usage)): from shelves, plural of shelf.sense 3 late Middle English: origin uncertain; perhaps from shelf.