shel·ter1 /ˈʃeltə $ -ər/ ●●○ W3 noun 1 [uncountableU]TBHOME a place to live, considered as one of the basic needs of life 栖身之地,住处 They are in need of food and shelter. 他们急需食物和住处。
2 [uncountableU]PROTECT protection from danger or from wind, rain, hot sun etc 庇护;掩蔽,遮蔽shelter of We reached the shelter of the caves. 我们到了可以躲避的山洞里。
in/into/under etc the shelter of something They were standing under the shelter of a huge tree. 他们站在一棵大树下躲着。
The men took shelter in a bombed-out farmhouse. 那些男人躲在一间被炸毁的农舍里。
All around me, people were running for shelter. 我周围的人都在奔跑着寻找地方躲避。
shelter from An old hut gave shelter from the storm. 一间旧茅舍成了躲避暴风雨的地方。
3 [countableC] a building where people or animals that have nowhere to live or that are in danger can stay and receive help 庇护所;避难所shelter for a shelter for battered women 受虐待妇女的庇护所
a homeless shelter (=for people who have no homes) 无家可归者的收容所
4 [countableC]TB a building or an area with a roof over it that protects you from the weather or from danger 躲避风雨的地方;避难处air-raid/bomb/fall-out shelter (=a place to keep people safe from bombs dropped by planes) 防空洞
bus shelter British EnglishBrE (=a small structure with a roof where you wait for a bus) 公共汽车候车亭
→ tax sheltern COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: protection from danger or from wind, rain, hot sun etcverbstake shelter (=go into a place where you are protected from something)When it started raining, they took shelter in a cave.
find shelterHe slept wherever he could find shelter.
seek shelter formal (=try to find shelter)They sought shelter under the trees.
run for shelterThe residents were running for shelter from the bombing.
give/provide shelterThe trees gave shelter from the wind.