| 单词 | mothball |
| 释义 | mothball (mɒθbɔːl , US mɔːθ- ) Word forms: mothballs , mothballing , mothballed 1. countable noun 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. 2. verb If someone in authority mothballs a plan, factory, or piece of equipment, they decide to stop developing or using it, perhaps temporarily. [journalism] ...the decision to mothball the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, for safety and political reasons. [VERB noun] The shuttle programme has now been mothballed to save money. [VERB noun] |
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