| 单词 | safe haven |
| 释义 | > as lemmassafe haven safe haven n. a place of shelter and safety for ships; now chiefly figurative (also as a mass noun) and in extended use; cf. safe harbour n. (a). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > a place of refuge havenc1225 infleeinga1300 leinda1300 harbourc1300 reseta1325 harbouryc1325 refutec1350 asylec1384 receipta1393 refugec1405 port salut?1407 recept1423 porta1425 receptaclec1425 place (etc.) of refuge?a1439 retreat1481 port haven1509 stelling-place1513 refugie1515 retraict1550 safe haven1555 havening place1563 sanctuarya1568 safe harbour1569 sheepfold1579 subterfuge1593 arka1616 lopeholt1616 latebra1626 asylum1642 creep-hole1646 harbourage1651 reverticle1656 creeping-hole1665 a port in a (also the) storm1714 receptory1856 padded cell1876 funk-hole1900 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 107v In the mouth of this goulfe were foure lyttle Ilandes so nere together, that they made a safe hauen to enter into the goulfe. 1668 J. Dryden Sr Martin Mar-all iii. 27 Your friendship's my safe Haven, else I am lost and ship-wrack'd. 1773 London Mag. Oct. 492/2 When a man, says Epicurus, recalls to memory the storms that he has weathered, the dangers he has passed, he fancies himself in a safe haven. 1831 Ladies' Museum Dec. 279/1 The safe, though feeble plank, by which to gain Safe haven from the storm of sinful sorrow's main. 1902 G. E. Collins Hist. Brocklesby Hounds 178 Try as our good amateur huntsman could, he failed to make any more of his fox, so concluded he had found a safe haven among the bricks and tiles. 2002 BusinessWeek 23 Sept. 116/1 Money market mutual funds make for a safe haven in turbulent times, but the returns are lousy. < as lemmas |
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