[N-COUNT 可数名词](躲避恶劣天气或危险的)遮蔽物，庇护处，掩体 A shelter is a small building or covered place which is made to protect people from bad weather or danger.
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。
...a bus shelter.
公共汽车候车亭
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](尤指躲避恶劣天气或危险的)遮蔽，庇护，掩蔽 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.
The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent...
寻求避难的家庭户增加了 17％。
Although horses do not generally mind the cold, shelter from rain and wind is important.
尽管马一般不怕冷，但是一定要有个能遮风挡雨的马棚。
...the hut where they were given food and shelter.
给他们提供食物和庇护的小屋
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]收容所；庇护所 A shelter is a building where homeless people can sleep and get food.
...a shelter for homeless women.
收留无家可归的妇女的收容所
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[VERB 动词]躲避；避难 If you shelter in a place, you stay there and are protected from bad weather or danger.
[V prep/adv]
...a man sheltering in a doorway...
藏在门口的一名男子
Twelve Cubans left the embassy after sheltering there for several days.
12 名古巴人在大使馆藏身了几天后离开了。
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[VERB 动词]遮蔽；遮挡 If a place or thing is sheltered by something, it is protected by that thing from wind and rain.
[V-ed]
[usu passive]
...a wooden house, sheltered by a low pointed roof.
一所有着低矮的尖顶遮风挡雨的木房子
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[VERB 动词]为(受到警察或其他人追捕的人)提供避难所；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.
[V n]
A neighbor sheltered the boy for seven days.
一个邻居收留了这个男孩在他家藏了 7 天。
...people sheltering illegal immigrants.
为非法移民提供庇护的人们
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shel·ter★/ˈʃeltə(r); NAmEˈʃeltər/
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sheltersheltersshelteredshelteringnoun★1★[uncountable ]the fact of having a place to live or stay, considered as a basic human need 居所；住处◆Human beings need food, clothing and shelter.人类有衣、食、住的需求。2★[uncountable ]shelter(from sth) protection from rain, danger or attack 遮蔽，庇护，避难（避雨、躲避危险或攻击）◆to take shelterfrom the storm 躲避暴风雨◆The fox was running for the shelter of the trees.狐狸朝树丛跑，想要躲藏起来。◆People were desperately seeking shelter from the gunfire.人们拚命地找地方躲避炮火。3★[countable ]( often in compounds 常构成复合词) a structure built to give protection, especially from the weather or from attack （尤指用以躲避风雨或攻击的）遮蔽物，庇护处，避难处◆They built a rough shelter from old pieces of wood.他们用旧木条搭了一个简陋的窝棚。◆an air-raid shelter防空洞☞see also
bus shelter
4[countable ]a building, usually owned by a charity, that provides a place to stay for people without a home, or protection for people or animals who have been badly treated （无家可归者或受虐待者的）收容所，庇护所◆a night shelter for the homeless无家可归者夜间收容所◆an animal shelter动物收容处☞see also
hostel
verb★1★[transitive ]to give sb/sth a place where they are protected from the weather or from danger; to protect sb/sth 保护；掩蔽sheltersb/sth from sb/sth ◆Trees shelter the house from the wind.树给房子挡住了风。sheltersb/sth ◆helping the poor and sheltering the homeless帮助贫穷者，庇护无家可归者◆Perhaps I sheltered my daughter too much (= protected her too much from unpleasant or difficult experiences).也许我对女儿保护过度了。2★[intransitive ]shelter(from sth) to stay in a place that protects you from the weather or from danger 躲避（风雨或危险）◆We sheltered from the rain in a doorway.我们在一处门廊里避雨。shel·ter/ˈʃeltə(r); NAmEˈʃeltər/
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shelter1 noun
shelter2 verb
sheltershel‧ter1 /ˈʃeltə $ -ər/ ●●○W3 noun
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1[uncountable] a place to live, considered as one of the basic needs of life: They are in need of food and shelter.2[uncountable] protection from danger or from wind, rain, hot sun etcshelter of We reached the shelter of the caves.in/into/under etc the shelter of something They were standing under the shelter of a huge tree. The men took shelter in a bombed-out farmhouse. All around me, people were running for shelter.shelter from An old hut gave shelter from the storm.3[countable] a building where people or animals that have nowhere to live or that are in danger can stay and receive helpshelter for a shelter for battered women a homeless shelter (=for people who have no homes) an animal shelter4[countable] a building or an area with a roof over it that protects you from the weather or from dangerair-raid/bomb/fall-out shelter (=a place to keep people safe from bombs dropped by planes)bus shelter British English (=a small structure with a roof where you wait for a bus) →
tax shelter
COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2verbstake shelter (=go into a place where you are protected from something)· When it started raining, they took shelter in a cave.find shelter· He slept wherever he could find shelter.seek shelter formal (=try to find shelter)· They sought shelter under the trees.run for shelter· The residents were running for shelter from the bombing.give/provide shelter· The trees gave shelter from the wind.
shelter1 noun
shelter2 verb
sheltershelter2 ●○○ verb
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1[transitive] to provide a place where someone or something is protected, especially from the weather or from danger: Collins was arrested for sheltering enemy soldiers.shelter somebody/something from somebody/something Plant herbs next to a wall to shelter them from the wind.► see thesaurus at
protect
2[intransitive] to stay in or under a place where you are protected from the weather or from dangershelter from We sat in the shade, sheltering from the sun.
WDF
shelter
[ˈʃeltə(r)]sheltered, sheltering, shelters
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v8395
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NOUN3577
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sheltered[1355] sheltering[443] shelters[1674]
庇护(40%)，避难所(22%)，保护(20%)，庇护所(16%)，隐匿(2%)
n.庇护；避难所；遮盖物
vt.保护；使掩蔽
vi.躲避，避难
n.(Shelter)人名；(英)谢尔特
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