sheltering

柯林斯詞典

shelter /???lt?/ (sheltering,sheltered,shelters)

• 1. N-COUNT A shelter is a small building or covered place which is made to protect people from bad weather or danger. 躲避處

  The city's bomb shelters were being prepared for possible air raids. 這座城市的防空掩體正在準備中，以防可能發(fā)生的空襲。

• 2. N-UNCOUNT If a place provides shelter, it provides you with a place to stay or live, especially when you need protection from bad weather or danger. 遮蔽; 庇護

  The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent. 尋求避難的家庭數(shù)目上升了17％。

  Although horses do not generally mind the cold, shelter from rain and wind is important. 盡管馬通常不怕冷，但對風雨的遮擋還是很重要的。

• 3. N-COUNT A shelter is a building where homeless people can sleep and get food. 收容所

  ...a shelter for homeless women. …一個收留無家可歸婦女的收容所。

• 4. V-I If you shelter in a place, you stay there and are protected from bad weather or danger. 躲避

  ...a man sheltering in a doorway. …躲避在門廊里的一名男子。

• 5. V-T If a place or thing is sheltered by something, it is protected by that thing from wind and rain. 遮蔽[usu passive]

  ...a wooden house, sheltered by a low pointed roof. …一座由低矮的尖屋頂遮蔽的木房子。

• 6. V-T If you shelter someone, usually someone who is being hunted by police or other people, you provide them with a place to stay or live. 窩藏; 庇護

  A neighbour sheltered the boy for seven days. 一個鄰居將這個男孩藏了7天。

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