mothball

名词卫生球，樟脑球

及物动词封存

形容词后备的

名词

1. 卫生球：mothball fleet 海军舰队 | 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

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 order to 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.

    e.g. ...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. It also said Tehran must restore broader and stronger inspection rights to IAEA teams and mothball its enrichment activities to avoid such penalties.

2. It was the first indication from a top Iranian official that Iran could mothball uranium enrichment facilities which it began building in 1985.

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