shelter

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shelter /ˈʃɛltə/ (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. 躲避处
The city's bomb shelters were being prepared for possible air raids. 这座城市的防空掩体正在准备中，以防可能发生的空袭。
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; 庇护
The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent. 寻求避难的家庭数目上升了17％。
Although horses do not generally mind the cold, shelter from rain and wind is important. 尽管马通常不怕冷，但对风雨的遮挡还是很重要的。
3. N-COUNT A shelter is a building where homeless people can sleep and get food. 收容所
...a shelter for homeless women. …一个收留无家可归妇女的收容所。
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. …躲避在门廊里的一名男子。
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. …一座由低矮的尖屋顶遮蔽的木房子。
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. 窝藏; 庇护
A neighbour sheltered the boy for seven days. 一个邻居将这个男孩藏了7天。