shelter的意思

shelter

英 /'ʃeltə/ 美 /'ʃɛltɚ/

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基本释义

  • n 庇护;避难所;遮盖物

    protection from danger or from wind, rain, hot sun etc

  • v 保护;使掩蔽

    If a place or thing is sheltered by something, it is protected by that thing from wind and rain

例句

  1. The men took shelter in a bombed-out farmhouse.

    那些男人躲在一间被炸毁的农舍里。

  2. All around me, people were running for shelter .

    我周围的人都在奔跑着寻找地方躲避。

  3. ...a wooden house, sheltered by a low pointed roof.

    …一座由低矮的尖屋顶遮蔽的木房子。

短语

  • shelter oneself ◎为自己辩解;给自己找借口
  • shelter from 保护某人不受打击
  • take shelter 寻求庇护;避难
  • temporary shelter 临时避难所;临时收容中心;临时安置所;临时庇护站
  • shelter forest 防护林

近义词

n [法]庇护;避难所;遮盖物
vt 保护;使掩蔽
vi 躲避,避难 stay away from、to dodge

同根词

adj sheltered 受保护的;掩蔽的;免税的;为弱者提供方便的
v sheltered 庇护(shelter的过去分词)