英语词汇“mothball”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

moth·ball

(môthbôl′, mŏth-)

1. A marble-sized ball, originally of camphor but now of naphthalene, stored with clothes to repel moths.

2. mothballs

a. A condition of long storage for possible future use: put the battleship into mothballs.

b. A condition of being set aside or discarded: have put the plan into mothballs.

tr.v. moth·balled, moth·ball·ing, moth·balls

1. To remove (a ship, for example) from active service or use and put into protective storage.

2. To defer indefinitely; shelve: mothball a project.

单词	mothball
释义	moth·ball (môthbôl′, mŏth-) n. 1. A marble-sized ball, originally of camphor but now of naphthalene, stored with clothes to repel moths. 2. mothballs a. A condition of long storage for possible future use: put the battleship into mothballs. b. A condition of being set aside or discarded: have put the plan into mothballs. tr.v. moth·balled, moth·ball·ing, moth·balls 1. To remove (a ship, for example) from active service or use and put into protective storage. 2. To defer indefinitely; shelve: mothball a project.
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