shelter /ˈʃɛltə/ CET4 TEM4 ( 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

  例：

  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

  例：

  The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent.

  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

  例：

  ...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

  例：

  ...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]

  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。

• 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

  例：

  A neighbour sheltered the boy for seven days.

  一个邻居将这个男孩藏了7天。