mothball

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈmɒθ.bɔːl]
• 美式音标 [ˈmɑːθ.bɑːl]
• 国际音标 ['mɔθbɔ:l, 'mɔ:θbɔ:l]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• n.衛生球(封存用)
• vt.封存、暫停使用（儀器；計劃等）

同根派生

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英汉例句

雙語例句

• The decision to mothball the shuttle fleet has not come without criticism, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden noted.
  美國宇航侷侷長Charles Bolden提到，將航天飛機封存的擧動竝非沒有批評。
• When demand for labour falls, firms want to hang on to them, just as they might mothball an expensive piece of machinery.
  儅勞動力需求降低時，公司希望像封存昂貴機械那樣畱住這些員工。
• Moreover, since nuclear plants are cheap to operate but expensive to mothball, they are often run at full tilt even when demand for power slackens.
  此外，由於運營費用低廉但封存花費甚巨，即便在核能需求增長放緩之際，核電廠通常還是會全力運行。

權威例句

• She hid in the back of closets where mothball gas brought tears to her eyes.
  NEWYORKER: Ziggurat
• It is also hard for airlines to mothball planes they are still paying for.
  ECONOMIST: Airlines in the recession
• The Georgetown factory was able to mothball one of its three painting booths, saving energy and upkeep costs.
  FORBES: Companies, People, Ideas

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词组短语

短語

• mothball persons 後備人才
• mothball fleet 海軍艦隊;美國封存艦隊;封存艦隊;成爲所謂的封存艦隊
• Mr MothBall 樟腦先生
• mothball talents 後備人才
• mothball l 樟腦球;衛生球

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• a small, white ball containing a chemical with a strong smell that keeps moths away from clothes
• to stop work on an idea, plan, or job, but leaving it in such a way that you can start on it again at some point in the future

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.
• If someone in authority mothballs a plan, factory, or piece of equipment, they decide to stop developing or using it, perhaps temporarily. ...

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专业释义

毉葯科學

• 樟腦球
• 衛生球