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shel·ter AHD[shĕlʹtər] D.J.[ˈʃeltə]K.K.[ˈʃɛltɚ]n.（名词）- Something that provides cover or protection, as from the weather.遮盖物：提供遮盖或保护的东西，如对付天气
- A refuge; a haven.避难所；安全场所
- An establishment that provides temporary housing for homeless people.收容所：为无家可归的人提供暂时栖息场所的机构
- The state of being covered or protected.掩蔽，保护：被包覆或保护的状态
v.（动词）shel.tered, shel.ter.ing, shel.ters v.tr.（及物动词）- To provide cover or protection for.隐蔽：为…提供外壳或保护
- To invest (income) to protect it from taxation.投资（以逃税）：将（收入）投资以避免上税
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To take cover; find refuge.避难：隐匿；找到避难所
- Perhaps from Middle English sheltron [tight battle formation] 可能源自 中古英语 sheltron [紧密的战斗编队]
- from Old English scildtruma 源自 古英语 scildtruma
- scield [shield] * see shield scield [保护物] * 参见 shield
- truma [troop] * see deru- truma [军队] * 参见 deru-
shelʹterer n.（名词）shelʹterless adj.（形容词）shelter, cover, retreat, refuge, asylum, sanctuary- These nouns refer to places affording protection, as from danger, or to the state of being protected.这些名词都指提供保护的场所，如防止危险或被保护的状态。
- Shelter usually implies a covered or enclosed area that protects temporarily, as from injury or attack: Shelter 通常指提供暂时的保护、免受伤害或攻击而被覆盖或包围的区域： A cold frame provides shelter for the seedlings.为幼苗提供保护冷床。"And the dead tree gives no shelter" (T.S. Eliot).“死树不能提供保护” (T·S·爱略特）。
- Cover suggests something, as bushes, that conceals: Cover 暗指提供庇护的某物，如灌木： The army mounted the invasion under cover of darkness.军队在夜色的掩护下发动攻击。
- Retreat applies chiefly to a secluded place to which one retires for meditation, peace, or privacy: Retreat 主要用于某人为沉思、平静和独处退居的隐居场所： Their cabin in the woods served as a retreat from the pressures of business.林中的小木屋是他们躲避生意压力的隐居处。
- Refuge suggests a place of escape from pursuit or from difficulties that beset one: Refuge 暗指逃离追踪或摆脱重重困难的场所： "vagrants and criminals, who make this wild country a refuge from justice" (Sir Walter Scott). “流浪汉和罪犯把这个野郊的乡村作为躲避审判的避难所” （瑟尔瓦尔特·斯科特）。 "The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life" (George Bernard Shaw).“住旅馆的最大优点是它成为家庭生活的避难所” （乔治·伯纳德·萧）。
- Asylum adds to Asylum
- refuge the idea of legal protection against a pursuer or of immunity from arrest: refuge 加上了对被追逐者提供合法保护以躲避追逐者或不被逮捕的意思： "O! receive the fugitive and prepare in time an asylum for mankind" (Thomas Paine).“哦！接纳逃犯并及时为人类准备庇护所” （托马斯·佩恩）。
- Sanctuary denotes a sacred or inviolable place of refuge: Sanctuary 指神圣的或不可侵犯的避难场所： Some of the political refugees found sanctuary in a monastery. 一些政治避难者在修道院中找到了避难所
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