| 单词 | shelter |
| 释义 | shelter (once / 129 pages) 1nv 2nv Shelter is one of the basic human needs along with food, water, and companionship. It is a structure that protects you from the elements and gives you a place to live. If you get lost in the woods during a rain storm, the first thing you should do is seek shelter, or a protected place to stay. A shelter is also a place to go for help, e.g. a homeless shelter is for those with nowhere to sleep, a bomb shelter protects people in a war zone and an animal shelter houses dogs and cats without a home. You've probably heard people talking about tax shelters, which are investments that protect your money from being taxed by the government. WORD FAMILYshelter: sheltered, sheltering, shelters+/sheltered: shelteredly USAGE EXAMPLESDeann Shepherd of the Humane Society of Utah says current law already requires shelter, but fails to define what that means. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Unable to afford its Bronx apartment, the family was evicted, and Ms. Farquharson and her children moved into a shelter in early 2013. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) They include shelter costs, transportation, groceries, utilities, insurance, minimum loan payments and child care. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n protective covering that provides protection from the weather Hypo|Hyper bell cot, bell cote a small shelter for bells; has a gable or shed roof birdhousea shelter for birds canopya covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather cotea small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons) dog house, doghouse, kenneloutbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog lean-torough shelter whose roof has only one slope roosta shelter with perches for fowl or other birds sconcea shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather sentry boxa small shelter with an open front to protect a sentry from the weather awning, sunblind, sunshadea canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun baldachinornamented canopy supported by columns or suspended from a roof or projected from a wall (as over an altar) columbarium, columbary, dovecotea birdhouse for pigeons henroosta roost for hens at night marquee, marquisepermanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. porte-cocherecanopy extending out from a building entrance to shelter those getting in and out of vehicles testera flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed) umbrellaa lightweight handheld collapsible canopy protection, protective cover, protective covering a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury 2n a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger Hypo|Hyper cookhouse a detached or outdoor shelter for cooking dugouteither of two low shelters on either side of a baseball diamond where the players and coaches sit during the game fallout sheltera shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb haven, oasisa shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shantysmall crude shelter used as a dwelling army hut, field hut, huttemporary military shelter loft, pigeon lofta raised shelter in which pigeons are kept mantelet, mantletportable bulletproof shelter asylum, refuge, sanctuarya shelter from danger or hardship sconcea shelter or screen providing protection from enemy fire or from the weather cyclone cellar, storm cellar, tornado cellaran underground shelter where you can go until a storm passes collapsible shelter, tenta portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs) backpacking tent, pack tenta tent that can be carried in a backpack bell tenta bell-shaped tent cabanaa small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming pool canvas, canvas tent, canvassa tent made of canvas fabric cottage tenta tent providing shelter for a family fly tenta tent with a fly front harbor, harboura place of refuge and comfort and security igloo, igluan Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome lean-to tenttent that is attached to the side of a building mountain tenta lightweight tent with a floor; flaps close with a zipper mudhifa reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained Nissen hut, Quonset huta prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section marquee, pavilionlarge and often sumptuous tent pop tenta small tent that is easy to carry and quick to set up praetorium, pretoriumthe tent of an ancient Roman general pup tent, shelter tenta wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows pyramidal tenta large tent shaped like a pyramid; can hold half a dozen people safeholda refuge from attack safe housea house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizations teepee, tepee, tipia Native American tent; usually of conical shape sealskin tent, tupek, tupiktent that is an Eskimo summer dwelling two-man tenta tent designed for occupancy by two persons umbrella tenta small tent with a single supporting pole and radiating metal ribs construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 3n temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons Hypo|Hyper camp, refugee camp shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs housing, living accommodations, lodging structures collectively in which people are housed 4n the condition of being protected Syn|Hypo|Hyper protection indemnity, insurance protection against future loss radioprotectionprotection against harmful effects of radiation security the state of being free from danger or injury 5v provide shelter for 2After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people Hypo|Hyper domiciliate, house, put up provide housing for kennelput up in a kennel stableshelter in a stable stallput into, or keep in, a stall harbor, harboursecretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals) rehouseput up in a new or different housing homeprovide with, or send to, a home accommodate, lodgeprovide housing for chamberplace in a chamber take inprovide with shelter furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to 1n a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings Syn|Hyper tax shelter decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down the act of decreasing or reducing something 2v invest (money) so that it is not taxable Hyper commit, invest, place, put make an investment |
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