shelter

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

The city's bomb shelters were being prepared for possible air raids. 這座城市的防空掩躰正在準(zhǔn)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)目上陞了17％。

Although horses do not generally mind the cold, shelter from rain and wind is important. 盡琯馬通常不怕冷，但對風(fēng)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. …一個收畱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. …躲避在門廊裡的一名男子。

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。