shelve

/ʃelv/

动词

推迟处理，搁置
I've had to shelve my plans to buy a new car, because I can't afford it at the moment.
我不得不推迟买新车的计划，因为目前我还买不起。
把…放在架子上；给…装上架子
（海底等平面）逐渐倾斜
The sea bed shelves gently for several hundred metres.
海床在几百米内逐渐倾斜。