n.架设棚架,作棚架用的材料
v.将(书等)放置在架子上( shelve的现在分词 ),将…搁在一边,(陆地)逐渐倾斜
I had been drowned but that the shore was shallow and shelvy.
要不是岸边水浅和海岸成倾斜状我早就淹死了.