| 单词 | storm cellar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstorm cellar storm cellar n. originally and chiefly U.S. a cellar or dugout made to be a place of refuge from a storm; also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > a shelter > against weather or storms > cellar cyclone cellar1887 storm cellar1920 1920 G. Ade Hand-made Fables 30 The Money-lender beat it to a Storm-Cellar. 1929 J. F. Dobie Vaquero of Brush Country 151 Storm cellars in north Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas still preserve its architecture. 1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics xii. 503 One.. suggestion is that a special ‘storm cellar’ be constructed within the spacecraft, a well-shielded area into which the crew could retreat. 1971 J. H. Gray Red Lights on Prairies ii. 36 When the first oratorical thunder clapped, the chief, the mayor..took to the storm cellars to wait for the storm to blow over. 1977 J. Cleary Vortex i. 8 People build storm cellars to retreat to. < as lemmas |
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