shelve
/ʃelv; ʃɛlv/ v[Tn]
1 put (books, etc) on a shelf or shelves 将（书等）放在搁架上.
2 (fig 比喻) abandon or postpone consideration of (a plan, project, problem, etc); delay dealing with (sth) 放弃或搁置（计画、 方案、 问题等）; 缓议（某事物）
The plans for a new theatre have had to be shelved because of lack of money. 兴建新剧院的计画因资金短缺只好搁置起来.
shelve / ʃelv; ʃɛlv/ v [I, Ip]
~ (away/down/off) (of land) slope gradually (in the specified direction) （指陆地）呈缓坡倾斜
The river-bottom shelves here. 河底从这里呈缓坡倾斜.
The shore shelves down to the sea. 海岸向海面的倾斜角度很小.