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单词 house of refuge
释义

refuge /refˈūj/

noun
  1. Shelter or protection from danger or trouble
  2. An asylum or retreat
  3. Specif an establishment set up to provide emergency accommodation, protection, support, etc for eg battered wives
  4. A street island for pedestrians
  5. Recourse in difficulty
transitive verb and intransitive verb (archaic)

To shelter

ORIGIN: Fr, from L refugium, from fugere to flee

refugee /ref-ū-jēˈ/ noun

  1. A person who flees for refuge to another country, esp from religious or political persecution
  2. A fugitive

refugium /ri-fūˈji-əm/ noun (pl refūˈgia /-ji-ə/)

A region that has retained earlier geographical, climatic, etc conditions, and thus becomes a haven for older varieties of flora and fauna

house of refuge

A shelter for the destitute

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