shelter
[NOUN, VERB]
shelters
1. [C 可数名词] 躲避处
A shelter is a small building or covered place which is made to protect people from bad weather or danger.
双语例句
例：The city's bomb shelters were being prepared for possible air raids.
为防御可能发生的空袭，该城市正在建防空洞。
2. [U 不可数名词] 遮蔽 , 庇护
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.
双语例句
例：The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 per cent.
寻求避难的家庭数目上升了17％。
例：Although horses do not generally mind the cold, shelter from rain and wind is important.
尽管马通常不怕冷，但遮风挡雨也是很重要的。
3. [C 可数名词] 收容所
A shelter is a building where homeless people can sleep and get food.
双语例句
例：a shelter for homeless women.
一个收留无家可归妇女的收容所。
NOUN. 名词
shelters , sheltering , sheltered
1. [I 不及物动词] 躲避
If you shelter in a place, you stay there and are protected from bad weather or danger.
双语例句
例：a man sheltering in a doorway.
躲避在门廊里的一名男子。
2. [T 及物动词] 遮蔽
If a place or thing is sheltered by something, it is protected by that thing from wind and rain.
双语例句
例：a wooden house, sheltered by a low pointed roof.
一座由低矮的尖屋顶遮蔽的木房子。
3. [T 及物动词] 窝藏 , 庇护
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.
双语例句
例：A neighbour sheltered the boy for seven days.
一个邻居将这个男孩藏了7天。
VERB. 动词
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