| 单词 | under the shelter of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunder the shelter of a. The state of being sheltered; the state of being protected from the elements; security from attack. Chiefly in to seek, find, take, etc. shelter. in, under, shelter. under the shelter of = protected by. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter leeOE lewthc1000 shadowc1200 coverturec1450 hele?1527 burrow1577 shelter1595 lown1603 umbrage1607 shield1615 lew1908 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [phrase] > in or under the shelter of in, under (the) lee (ofOE under covert1477 under (the) covert of1477 under coverc1540 under the shelter of1595 in (the) covert of1611 under (the) cover of1726 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. ii. 12 The Cedar..Whose armes gaue shelter to the princelie Eagle. 1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. ii. iii. 35 Some breer-bush shewing shelter from the showre, Vnto the hopefull sheepe... The ruth-lesse breere..Layes hold vpon the fleece..of the carelesse pray, That thought she in securer shelter lay. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 265 We..seeke no shelter to auoid the storme. View more context for this quotation 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxiv. i. 241 A..tempestuous wind..had..made such confusion among their places of harbour and shelture. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures x. 33 Under the shelter of certain packs of Cotton..they one morning assaulted the principal Fortress. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 68 Where, perhaps, a ship might find good shelter. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iv. vi. 216 Had I needed shelter there was another roof which has long awaited me. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 225 The sons of Harold had..found shelter with the same prince who had once sheltered their father. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona i. 4 We took shelter under a pend at the head of a close or alley. 1900 A. Conan Doyle Great Boer War xi. 192 Once more it was shown how weak an arm is artillery against an enemy who lies in shelter. < as lemmas |
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