Definition of Anderson shelter in English:

Anderson shelter

nounˈandəsən ʃɛltə

historical

A small prefabricated air-raid shelter of a type built in the UK during the Second World War.
〈史〉安德森防空掩蔽所（第二次世界大战时建在英国的一种小型预制式防空掩蔽所）
Example sentencesExamples
- Inside Red House, which is dressed out as 19th century, they had put an exhibition entitled ‘War on the home front,’ in a couple of the rooms, including a mock-up of an Anderson shelter, with full sound effects of an air raid.
- Many people did not want to leave their homes, and even owners of Anderson shelters would forsake their shelters for the comfort of the understairs cupboard.
- To prevent such a thing from coming to pass Anderson shelters were distributed, the first arriving in September 1939, the week after war was declared.
- By the outbreak of war, enough covered trenches were available to shelter half a million people and nearly one and a half million Anderson shelters had been issued free to householders with gardens.
- When the bombs started falling, the family took to an Anderson shelter and a garden shed.

Origin

1930s: named after Sir John Anderson, the Home Secretary in 1939–40 when the shelter was adopted.

单词	Anderson shelter
释义	Definition of Anderson shelter in English: Anderson shelter nounˈandəsən ʃɛltə historical A small prefabricated air-raid shelter of a type built in the UK during the Second World War. 〈史〉安德森防空掩蔽所（第二次世界大战时建在英国的一种小型预制式防空掩蔽所） Example sentencesExamples Inside Red House, which is dressed out as 19th century, they had put an exhibition entitled ‘War on the home front,’ in a couple of the rooms, including a mock-up of an Anderson shelter, with full sound effects of an air raid. Many people did not want to leave their homes, and even owners of Anderson shelters would forsake their shelters for the comfort of the understairs cupboard. To prevent such a thing from coming to pass Anderson shelters were distributed, the first arriving in September 1939, the week after war was declared. By the outbreak of war, enough covered trenches were available to shelter half a million people and nearly one and a half million Anderson shelters had been issued free to householders with gardens. When the bombs started falling, the family took to an Anderson shelter and a garden shed. Origin 1930s: named after Sir John Anderson, the Home Secretary in 1939–40 when the shelter was adopted.
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