| 单词 | shelter |
| 释义 | shelter —shelter /ˈʃel.tər/ aep /-t̬ɚ/ noun [C or U] B2 (a building designed to give) protection from bad weather, danger, or attack: » an air-raid shelter» They opened a shelter to provide temporary housing for the city's homeless.» The trees gave/provided some shelter from the rain.Thesaurus+: ↑Safe and enclosed spacesfind/take shelterB2 to protect yourself from bad weather, danger, or attack: » We took shelter for the night in an abandoned house.Thesaurus+: ↑Defending and protecting , ↑Backing, supporting and defending , ↑Preserving and savingThesaurus+: ↑Changing homes and moving• • • Extra Examples:» There was no shelter from the merciless heat.» The bomb shelter has concrete walls that are three metres thick.» Spare a thought for all those without shelter on a cold night like this.» An upturned boat on the beach provided shelter.» When the air raid siren went off people ran to their shelters.verb (PROTECT) ↑Verb Endings for shelter C2 [I or T] to protect yourself, or another person or thing, from bad weather, danger, or attack: » We were caught in a thunderstorm, without anywhere to shelter.» A group of us were sheltering from the rain under the trees.Thesaurus+: ↑Defending and protecting , ↑Backing, supporting and defending , ↑Preserving and savingF0 [T] to give someone a secret hiding place so that they will not be caught by the army, police, etc.: » Local people risked their own lives to shelter resistance fighters from the army.Thesaurus+: ↑Defending and protecting , ↑Backing, supporting and defending , ↑Preserving and savingverb [T] US (AVOID TAX) ↑Verb Endings for shelter ► F0 If you shelter income, you legally avoid paying taxes on it: » Their accountant suggested some novel ways of sheltering their retirement income.Thesaurus+: ↑Taxation |
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