mothball

mothball音标

英 [ˈmɒθbɔ:l]

美 [ˈmɔ:θbɔ:l]

mothball基本释义

n.卫生球(封存用)

vt.封存、暂停使用（仪器；计划等）

mothball用法及例句

noun

1. a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing

Synonym: camphor ball

verb

1. put into long-term storage

1. 樟脑丸;卫生球A mothball is a small ball made of a special chemical, which you can put among clothes or blankets in orderto keep moths away.

2. 把(计划、设备等)束之高阁，暂停If someone in authority mothballs a plan, factory, or piece of equipment, they decide to stop developing or using it, perhaps temporarily.

mothball

e.g. ...the decision to mothball the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, for safety and political reasons...出于安全和*治原因，暂时关闭巴丹核电厂的决定e.g. The shuttle programme has now been mothballed to save money.为节省资金，航天飞行计划已被束之高阁。

1. 卫生球：mothball fleet 海*舰队 | mothball 卫生球 | mother country 祖国

2. 樟脑丸：Mosulrug莫苏尔地毯 | mothball樟脑丸 | motherchrysanthemum野菊花

3. 防蠹丸;保藏;后备的;樟脑丸：moth 蛾;摧毁雷达台的导弹;锌褐锰矿;蛀虫 | mothball 防蠹丸;保藏;后备的;樟脑丸 | mothballed plant 封存装置

4. 樟脑球：my condolences 节哀顺变 | mothball 樟脑球 | anthropomorphize 拟人化的 人格化的

Take the Paley Report out of mothballs, and review its recommendations.

出自：A. E. Stevenson

Apollo hardware put in mothballs..could be brought out.

出自：Guardian

近义词

临近词

defer推迟

suspend暂停

delay耽搁

decommission停止使用，使退役...

put aside储存

put on the back burner(问题)暂时搁置一旁...

put off不安

postpone延期

table桌子

shut up关闭

camphor ball樟脑丸

moth

相关列句

This is a when strengthen mothball force construction important facet.(这是加强后备力量建设的一个重要方面。)

Yet Fukushima has prompted Germany, Italy and Switzerland to mothball their nuclear power projects.(然而福岛核泄漏事件又使德国，意大利和瑞士取消了他们的核电站项目。)

India plans to mothball its mainstay MiG-21 Soviet-era fighter jets, which have earned the sobriquet "flying coffins" because of their dismal safety record.(印度计划封存它主要的米格-21喷气式战机，由于该装备令人沮丧的安全记录，它已经获得了“飞行棺材”的绰号。)

When demand for Labour falls, firms want to hang on to them, just as they might mothball an expensive piece of machinery.(当劳动力需求降低时，公司希望像封存昂贵机械那样留住这些员工。)

BACKGROUND&AIM: Study on the effect of market public para-dichlorobenzene mothball on the induced micronucleus of plant cells.(背景与目的：研究市售含对二氯苯防蛀剂诱导蚕豆叶尖细胞的微核效应。)

As an important coloured-metal mineralization belt, the middle-southern Da Hinggan Mountains area may become a vital mothball metal base in 21 century.(大兴安岭中南段作为我国有色金属的重要成矿区带，有望成为21世纪中国有色金属的重要后备基地。)

The product of the company includes frequency of silicon tuner, demodulator, MPEG and video decoder, and dial in the light of what mothball channel applies modem.(公司的产物包括硅调谐器、解调器、MPEG音频和视频解码器，以及针对后备频道应用的拨号调制解调器。)

Our country population is numerous, per capita has farmland amount low, and mothball resource lack.(我国人口众多，人均占有耕地数量低，且后备资源缺乏。)

Where exactly the mothball smell came from was one of those mysteries.(究竟樟脑球的味道从何而来还真是个迷。)