shel·ter

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【释义】：

n．❶ 隐避处，躲避处，掩蔽部，避难所：an air-raid shelter 防空洞．a shelter from the rain(wind)避雨(风)处．The government provided the victims of the flood with clothing，food and shelter．政府向遭水灾的人提供衣、食和住所❷ 掩蔽，遮蔽，庇护：the shelter belts防风带．A tree gives shelter from the sun．树木可以遮蔽阳光．take shelter 躲避：It’s beginning to rain hard，we had better take shelter somewhere．雨开始下大了，我们最好找个地方躲避一下．

－vt．掩蔽，保护，庇护：shelter a runaway prisoner窝藏逃犯．shelter young plants from the frost保护幼苗免受霜冻．shelter oneself躲避．sheltered trades【英】受不到外国竞争的企业．

－vi．避难．躲避：shelter from the rain躲雨．shelter under(behind)it躲在它的下面(后面)．