shelter
- IPA[ˈSHeltər]
美式
- a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.；a place providing food and accommodations for the homeless.
- protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather；find refuge or take cover from bad weather or danger
verb: shelter, 3rd person present: shelters, gerund or present participle: sheltering, past tense: sheltered, past participle: sheltered
noun: shelter, plural noun: shelters
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.
- ▪ a place providing food and accommodations for the homeless.
- ▪ an animal sanctuary. 同義詞
- ▪ a shielded or safe condition; protection he hung back in the shelter of a rock you're welcome to take shelter from the storm 同義詞 反義詞
動詞
- 1. protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather the hut sheltered him from the cold wind 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ find refuge or take cover from bad weather or danger people were sheltering under store canopies and trees 同義詞
- ▪ prevent (someone) from having to do or face something difficult or unpleasant we are sheltered from the awfulness of reality
- ▪ protect (income) from taxation only your rental income can be sheltered
