| 单词 | shelter |
| 释义 | shelter (ʃeltəʳ ) Word forms: shelters , sheltering , sheltered 1. countable noun B2 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. ...a bus shelter. Synonyms: cover, screen, awning, shiel [Scottish] 2. uncountable noun B2 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. Although horses do not generally mind the cold, shelter from rain and wind is important. ...the hut where they were given food and shelter. Synonyms: protection, safety, refuge, cover 3. countable noun A shelter is a building where homeless people can sleep and get food. ...a shelter for homeless women. [+ for] Synonyms: refuge, haven, sanctuary, retreat 4. verb If you shelter in a place, you stay there and are protected from bad weather or danger. ...a man sheltering in a doorway. [VERB preposition/adverb] Twelve Cubans left the embassy after sheltering there for several days. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: take shelter, hide, seek refuge, take cover 5. verb [usually passive] If a place or thing is sheltered by something, it is protected by that thing from wind and rain. ...a wooden house, sheltered by a low pointed roof. [VERB-ed] 6. verb 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. A neighbor sheltered the boy for seven days. [VERB noun] Synonyms: protect, shield, harbour, safeguard 7. See also sheltered Collocations: build a shelter Is it true you built a nuclear shelter in a house? THE VIRGIN BLUE (2002) Many dragged themselves to safety from the rubble and built makeshift shelters until they were finally rescued by the military. The Sun (2008) The refugees' hastily built shelters offer little protection from the cold. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The army was helping to build emergency shelters for some of the 5,000 people left homeless. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Many stuck by the road ended up in emergency shelters. The Sun (2015) Local TV broadcast pictures showing hundreds of terrified locals huddled in emergency shelters, children wrapped in blankets and rows of wrecked houses. The Sun (2010) They go through firefighter training, learning how to anticipate where the fire line might move and how to deploy a fire shelter in an emergency. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a last resort, many wildland firefighters carry a fire shelter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Additionally, they did not have fire shelters, which first became available in the 1960s but were not mandatory until 1977. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The firefighters had apparently deployed fire shelters, but not all of the bodies were found inside them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Evidence at the site of a makeshift shelter and other equipment suggests he survived the crash. The Sun (2015) Those left homeless sat under makeshift shelters or sought shade under trees amid the remains of their houses. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Many dragged themselves to safety from the rubble and built makeshift shelters until they were finally rescued by the military. The Sun (2008) If he didn't give up and seek shelter soon he would surely die. The Broken God (1993) In addition to the Napoli, 25 ships sought shelter from the same storm in Lyme Bay. Times, Sunday Times (2008) When the first shots had rung out he and colleagues had sought shelter on the roof of their building, fearing that they too might become victims. Times, Sunday Times (2015) There's a storm shelter if you fancy finding out. Times,Sunday Times He chooses to keep the disturbance to himself, channelling his anxiety into the obsessive building of a storm shelter. Times, Sunday Times The sharp, jagged roof of this bivouac, or storm shelter, echoes the contour of the mountains. Times, Sunday Times The door of the storm shelter was torn off, but no friends therein were seriously injured. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An underground storm shelter in town had its concrete roof torn off. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A tent is a temporary shelter made from the same stuff, canvas, on which paintings are painted. The Times Literary Supplement (2014) About 40,000 people still live in temporary shelters, and countless others in the ruins of their houses. Times, Sunday Times (2014) I found them in one of the many schools serving as temporary shelters. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The transmitter was designed for enclosure in an underground shelter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In their underground shelter, the family tries to cancel the order via the extraterrestrial website. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was apparently recorded in an underground shelter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The recording of a jam session was carried out in an underground shelter using a cassette dictation machine. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Companies that sell underground shelters have seen unprecedented demand. Times,Sunday Times The long herbaceous border, has a brick wall giving wind shelter and it provides colour throughout the flowering season. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More luxurious versions consist of chairs with wind shelters around them. Times, Sunday Times They may want it to provide shade for the agricultural crops; as wind shelters; soil conservation or to use wasteland. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some hardy palms can be cultivated in areas with low temperatures slightly below this range when given wind sheltering (planted on the south side of a building). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 掩蔽处, 躲藏, 遮蔽 Japanese: 避難所, 避難する, 雨風から守る |
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