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mothball
  • 英语发声
  • 美语发声
  • n. 樟脑丸,卫生球
  • vt. 封存
  • adj. 后备的;封存的
  • 网络释义

    1、樟脑球
    ...moth n.蛾;蛀虫mothball n.卫生球;樟脑球motto n.箴言;格言;警句 ...

    短语

    mothball persons后备人才

    mothball fleet海军舰队;美国封存舰队;封存舰队;成为所谓的封存舰队

    Mr MothBall樟脑先生

    mothball talents后备人才

    mothball l樟脑球;卫生球

    de mothball重新使用

    para-dichlorobenzene mothball对二氯苯防蛀剂

    mothball poisoning detail卫生球中毒

    Mothball Frequent Item Sets后备频繁项目集

    专业释义

    医药科学
    • 樟脑球
      卫生球

    英英释义

    mothball [ 'mɔθbɔ:l, 'mɔ:θbɔ:l ]

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

    同义词:camphor ball

    v.put into long-term storage



    英汉双解大词典

    mothball /ˈmɒθˌbɔːl/ (mothballing,mothballed,mothballs)

    • 1.  

      N-COUNT(可数名词) 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. 樟脑丸; 卫生球

    • 2.  

      V-T(及物动词) If someone in authority mothballs a plan, factory, or piece of equipment, they decide to stop developing or using it, perhaps temporarily. 把...束之高阁; 暂停 [journalism]

      例:

      ...the decision to mothball the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant, for safety and political reasons.

      ...出于安全和政治原因,暂时关闭巴丹半岛核电厂的决定。