mothball
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++moth·ball1 /ˈmɒθbɔːl $ ˈmɒːθbɒːl/ noun 1. DCCDH[countable usually plural] a small ball made of a strong-smelling chemical, used for keeping moths away from clothes 卫生球，樟脑丸2 in/into mothballs KEEP/STOREkept but not used for a long time 封存不用；束之高阁 With the end of the Cold War, several warships were put into mothballs. 随着冷战的结束，有几艘军舰被封存。
Examples from the Corpus
mothball• Marie said, following Helen along the hallway with its familiar dank smell of musty horsehair and cedar and mothballs.• You could also drop mothballs or peeled garlic cloves or sprinkle hot pepper into the tunnels.• The £5,500 creation is currently in mothballs in a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles.• And the plants that Thorn-EMI set up to press the discs will remain in mothballs.• That means it may be as long as three years before Fire Station 28 comes out of mothballs, Cornwell said.• Or bringing Tony Danza out of mothballs.• An additional experiment demonstrated that the smell of mothballs had the same effect.• The smell of mothballs rose to greet her.mothball2 verb [transitive] KEEP/STOREto stop using a factory, equipment etc or to not continue with a plan, temporarily but possibly for a long time 长期关闭〔工厂〕；封存〔机器设备等〕；把〔计划〕束之高阁 The hospital manager said the project would be mothballed until funding became available. 医院院长说这个项目要暂时搁一搁，等到有了资金再说。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
mothball• The Defense Department plans to mothball a munitions plant.From Longman Business Dictionarymothballmoth‧ball1 /ˈmɒθbɔːlˈmɒːθbɒːl/ verb [transitive]1if an organization mothballs a factory, building etc, it closes it or does not use it for a long time but may open it or use it again in the futureThe oil company plans to mothball one of its five refineries.2if an organization mothballs plans, it decides not to use them for the moment but may possibly use them laterNo decisions have been made to mothball the project.→ See Verb tablemothballmothball2 noun put something in mothballs/take something out of mothballs if a building, factory etc or a plan is put in mothballs, it is no longer used but may be used later. If is taken out of mothballs, it is used againA number of its distillieries have been put in mothballs.moth·ball1 nounmothball2 verbChineseSyllable
chemical, a small used strong-smelling of ball Business Corpus made a
mothball
moth‧ball1 /ˈmɒθbɔːl $ ˈmɒːθbɒːl/ 
noun
1. [countable usually plural] a small ball made of a strong-smelling chemical, used for keeping moths away from clothes
2. in/into mothballs kept but not used for a long time:
With the end of the Cold War, several warships were put into mothballs.
mothball2 verb [transitive]
to stop using a factory, equipment etc or to not continue with a plan, temporarily but possibly for a long time:
The hospital manager said the project would be mothballed until funding became available.
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noun1. [countable usually plural] a small ball made of a strong-smelling chemical, used for keeping moths away from clothes
2. in/into mothballs kept but not used for a long time:
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verb [transitive]to stop using a factory, equipment etc or to not continue with a plan, temporarily but possibly for a long time:
