mothball

noun

1. 卫生球；樟脑丸
   a small white ball made of a chemical with a strong smell, used for keeping moths away from clothes

verb

1. 封存；搁置不用
   to decide not to use or develop sth, for a period of time, especially a piece of equipment or a plan
   1. The original proposal had been mothballed years ago.
      最初的建议几年前就束之高阁了。

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. VERB 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.
   1. ...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
   2. 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. 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。
2. The world faces a glut of natural gas that will force the us to scrap plans for new import terminals and mothball much of its existing capacity, the International Energy Agency says.
   国际能源机构（iea）表示，全球面临天然气供应过剩，这将迫使美国放弃新建液化气接收站的计划，并封存相当大部分现有接收能力。
3. 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。
4. I ain't working with no mothball.
   我不跟老头一起工作。
5. The Research and Analysis on the Situation of Youth Basketball Mothball Force of Heilongjiang Province
   黑龙江省青少年篮球后备人才培养现状的调查与分析
6. American reporter jumps down a car loathly, opened the mothball box of his car.
   美国记者不情愿地跳下车来，打开了他轿车的后备箱。
7. 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，由于运营费用低廉但封存花费甚巨，即便在核能需求增长放缓之际，核电厂通常还是会全力运行。
8. The company on Friday signalled slow progress in its search for an investor for what it sees as leading-edge technology, declaring it would begin running down its plants in Germany and Portugal in order to mothball them by the end of the month.
   该公司上周五表示，在为其眼中的前沿技术物色投资者方面进展缓慢，同时宣布，将开始关闭其位于德国和葡萄牙的工厂，以期在本月底封存这些工厂。
9. 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。
10. But it cannot prevent the happening with wrong rhythm of the heart, it is a mothball device only.
    但它不能预防心律失常的发生，只是一个后备的装置。
11. Inhalation Toxicity Study on Para-dichlorobenzene Mothball on Rats
    市售含对二氯苯防蛀剂对大鼠吸入毒性的研究
12. Objective To study the effects of market public Para-dichlorobenzene mothball on the function of the immune organ, macrophage-phagocyte system, cellular immunity and humoral immunity in mice.
    目的研究市售防蛀剂（含对二氯苯）对小鼠免疫器官、单核-巨噬细胞、细胞免疫、体液免疫功能的影响。
13. Through analyzing and studying the existing problem in the process of cultivating track and field mothball talents of He'nan province, the paper provides references and help for cultivating and developing the track and field mothball talents of He 'nan province and other provinces in the country.
    通过对河南省田径后备人才培养过程中现存问题的分析与研究，为河南省乃至全国各省田径后备人才的培养与发展提供借鉴和帮助。
14. Objective To study the acute toxicity of Para-Dichlorobenzene ( p-DCB) mothball.
    目的研究市售含对二氯苯防蛀剂的急性毒性。
15. This paper used the concept of mothball frequent item sets for reference to make use of historical mine results in greater extent.
    为了更大程度的利用历史的挖掘结果，本文借鉴后备频繁集的概念，在序列支持度排序树中加入了后备频繁集，并给出了改进后的建树算法、挖掘算法和项目更新算法。
16. 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。
17. As an important part of modern education system, the education of vocation and technology, similar to average education, plays a role of bringing up mothball persons with ability for economic and social development of our nation.
    职业技术教育作为现代教育体系的一个重要组成部分，和普通教育一样担负着为我国经济和社会发展培养后备人才的职责。
18. People management strategies of "increasing staff quality, strengthen mothball staff building, attract excellent staff, import competition system, building staff information network system";
    以全面提高旅游从业人员素质，加强旅游后备人才建设，积极引进优秀旅游管理人才，引入竞争机制，建立旅游人员信息网络系统等为内容的旅游人员管理策略；
19. This paper proposes that it is necessary to replace the diesel engine power station by adopting PEMFC generators to constitute a non-smoking, non-camouflage, clean and high-efficient mothball power source in the existing underground engineering.
    本文提出在现有地下工程中，采用PEMFC发电机取代柴油电站，构成一个没有排烟、不需伪装的清洁高效电源作为备用电源势在必行。
20. Experimental Studies on Acute Toxicity of Market Public para-Dichlorobenzene Mothball
    市售防蛀剂（含对二氯苯）急性毒性的实验研究
21. Effects of Market Public Para-dichlorobenzene Mothball on the Immune Function of Mice with Sub-acute Exposure
    市售防蛀剂（含对二氯苯）亚急性染毒对小鼠免疫功能的影响
22. Young peasants are mothball momentum about the sustaining development of rural endowment insurance. Their intentions determine the behavior of participating rural endowment insurance and their behavior at present will influence the development of rural endowment insurance in the future.
    青年农民是农村社会养老保险持续发展的后备动力，其养老意愿决定投保行为，而现在的投保行为又影响将来农村社会养老保险的发展。
23. To carry out the comprehensive improvement of rural land, is to deal with our country population is much, land possession per capita and per capita cultivated land is little, farmland is mothball resource scarcity is an important measure in the.
    开展农村土地综合整治，是应对我国人口多、人均土地占有量和人均耕地占有量少、耕地后备资源不足的一项重要举措。
24. Our country is characterized by a large population with relatively arable land and a shortage of mothball farmland resource.
    人多、人均耕地少和耕地后备资源紧缺是我国的基本国情。

n.

in mothballs

• （长期）封存；（长期）搁置
  stored and not in use, often for a long time

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