Shelter
['ʃeltə] or ['ʃɛltɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger.
(noun.) protective covering that provides protection from the weather.
(noun.) temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons.
(verb.) invest (money) so that it is not taxable .
(verb.) provide shelter for; 'After the earthquake, the government could not provide shelter for the thousands of homeless people'.
整理:马文--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
(n.) One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
(n.) The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
(v. t.) To be a shelter for; to provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield; to protect.
(v. t.) To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
(v. t.) To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively.
(v. i.) To take shelter.
校對:鲁珀特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Asylum, refuge, retreat, covert, sanctuary, harbor, haven.[2]. Protection, shield, screen, defence, security, safety.
v. a. Shield, screen, hide, shroud, protect, defend, cover, house, harbor, lodge, ensconce.
校對:洛丽塔
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Refuge, cover, harbor, asylum, retreat, shield, security, sanctuary,[See DIVIDE]
SYN:Shield, conceal, cover, protect, screen
ANT:Expose, surrender, betray, imperil, endanger
吉塞尔編輯
解釋/意思:
n. that which shields or protects: a refuge: a retreat a harbour: protection.—v.t. to cover or shield: to defend: to conceal.—v.i. to take shelter.—n. Shel′terer.—adjs. Shel′terless; Shel′tery affording shelter.
整理:劳埃德
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you are building a shelter, signifies that you will escape the evil designs of enemies. If you are seeking shelter, you will be guilty of cheating, and will try to justify yourself.
錄入:尼科尔
例句/造句/用法:
- Poor Rosamond's vagrant fancy had come back terribly scourged--meek enough to nestle under the old despised shelter. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I passed the night under the shelter of a rock, strewing some heath under me, and slept pretty well. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- A little further on, I passed the boy crouching for shelter under the lee of the sand hills. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- When D'Arnot regained consciousness, he found himself lying upon a bed of soft ferns and grasses beneath a little A shaped shelter of boughs. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Chagrined and surprised, they were obliged, though unwillingly, to turn back, for no shelter was nearer than their own house. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Stooping, he crawled into the shelter beside the wounded officer, and placed a cool hand upon his forehead. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Suddenly the man hastened from the shelter only to return a few minutes later with several pieces of bark and--wonder of wonders--a lead pencil. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The modern boss, on the other hand, shelters behind legal forms which he has got hold of and uses for his own ends. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Perhaps there would be rude wind shelters of boughs on one side of the encampment. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Being merely sheltered by others would not promote growth. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- In the complete obscurity, Birkin found a comparatively sheltered nook, where a great rope was coiled up. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It was one of the oldest farms in the neighbourhood, situated in a solitary, sheltered spot, inland at the junction of two hills. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- My new name sheltered me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Several fragments of loose stone formed a kind of breast-work, which sheltered their position from the observation of those below. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I studied the wisdom of the ancients, and gazed on the happy walls that sheltered the beloved of my soul. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Far up in a sheltered nook, under the red cliffs, twelve graves had been dug in the soft sand, and in these were the ill-fated seamen laid. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- And her he loved with all the great, overweening, sheltering love of a dying man. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
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