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- a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger遮盖物; 躲避处; 避难所。
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- a place providing food and accommodation for the homeless（无家可归者的）收容所。
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- an animal sanctuary动物栖息处。
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- mass noun a shielded or safe condition; protection躲藏; 躲避; 避难; 保护; 庇护：
he hung back in the shelter of a rock
他缩身躲在岩石后面
you're welcome to take shelter from the storm.
欢迎来这里躲避暴风雨。
with obj.
1- protect or shield from something harmful, especially bad weather保护; 掩避（尤指免受恶劣天气等灾害）：
the hut sheltered him from the cold wind
小屋使他免受寒风侵袭
as adj. sheltered the plants need a shady, sheltered spot in the garden.这些植物需要放在花园中遮阳避风雨的地方。
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- no obj., with adverbial of place find refuge or take cover from bad weather or danger避开（恶劣天气, 危险）：
people were sheltering under store canopies and trees.
人们躲在商店顶篷下和树下。
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- prevent (someone) from having to do or face something difficult or unpleasant使（某人）免遭（困难, 讨厌的事）：
as adj. sheltered I was a mathematics don at Cambridge living a rather sheltered life.我当时是剑桥大学数学导师, 过着相当安宁的生活。
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- protect (income) from taxation使免交税：
only your rental income can be sheltered.
只有你的租金收入可以免交税。
派生词
shelterer
nounshelterless
adjective词源
late 16th cent.: perhaps an alteration of obsolete sheltron 'phalanx', from Old English scieldtruma, literally 'shield troop'.