新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

shelter

英  [ˈʃeltə]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 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。

    VERB. 动词
  • 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。