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(躲避惡劣天氣或危險(xiǎn)的)遮蔽物，庇護(hù)處，掩體
A shelter is a small building or covered place which is made to protect people from bad weather or danger.
例句
The city's bomb shelters were being prepared for possible air raids.
為防御可能發(fā)生的空襲，該城市正在建防空洞。
...a bus shelter.
公共汽車候車亭
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(尤指躲避惡劣天氣或危險(xiǎn)的)遮蔽，庇護(hù)，掩蔽
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.
例句
The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent...
尋求避難的家庭戶增加了 17％。
Although horses do not generally mind the cold, shelter from rain and wind is important.
盡管馬一般不怕冷，但是一定要有個(gè)能遮風(fēng)擋雨的馬棚。
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收容所;庇護(hù)所
A shelter is a building where homeless people can sleep and get food.
例句
...a shelter for homeless women.
收留無家可歸的婦女的收容所
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VERB
躲避;避難
If you shelter in a place, you stay there and are protected from bad weather or danger.
例句
...a man sheltering in a doorway...
藏在門口的一名男子
Twelve Cubans left the embassy after sheltering there for several days.
12 名古巴人在大使館藏身了幾天后離開了。
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VERB
遮蔽;遮擋
If a place or thing is sheltered by something, it is protected by that thing from wind and rain.
例句
...a wooden house, sheltered by a low pointed roof.
一所有著低矮的尖頂遮風(fēng)擋雨的木房子
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為(受到警察或其他人追捕的人)提供避難所;窩藏;庇護(hù)
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.
例句
A neighbor sheltered the boy for seven days.
一個(gè)鄰居收留了這個(gè)男孩在他家藏了 7 天。
...people sheltering illegal immigrants.
為非法移民提供庇護(hù)的人們