"mothball" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 樟腦球

Definition

一種由化學物質製成的小球，儲存衣物時用來防止蛀蟲和昆蟲。亦可作為動詞用，意指暫時停止使用某物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

作名詞時表示衣櫃裡的防蛀球。作動詞屬於較口語的說法，通常用於暫停設備、計畫、專案等情境（日常多用名詞，動詞常見於商務/技術討論）。

Examples

I put a mothball in each drawer to protect my clothes.

我在每個抽屜裡放了一顆**樟腦球**來保護我的衣服。

A strong mothball smell filled the closet.

衣櫃裡充滿了**樟腦球**的味道。

Please don't touch the mothballs, they are not safe for children.

請不要碰**樟腦球**，對兒童不安全。

After the renovation, they decided to mothball the old gym until next year.

翻新後，他們決定將舊體育館**暫時封存**到明年。

The factory has been mothballed because of low demand.

由於需求低，這家工廠已被**封存**。

We found a box of old clothes with some stale mothballs in the attic.

我們在閣樓發現了一箱舊衣服和幾顆已經沒味的**樟腦球**。