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Shelter Place People Weather Stay Danger Protected Homeless

The word "shelter" can function as both a noun and a verb. As a noun, it denotes a place offering protection from elements or danger, and also a facility for the homeless. As a verb, it signifies providing protection or seeking refuge in a protective location.

The word "shelter" can be used as a noun or a verb. As a noun, it refers to a place that provides protection from weather or danger, or a type of accommodation for homeless people. As a verb, it means to protect someone or something, or to stay in a place where one is protected.

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[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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    Oxford shel·ter ★ / ˈʃeltə(r) ; NAmE ˈʃeltər /
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    shelter shelters sheltered sheltering
    noun ★ 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) ; NAmE ˈʃeltər /
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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) →
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    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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    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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