Word · Frequency #4083
shelters
庇护所；避难处；遮蔽物
shelters is the plural of shelter.
核心释义
a place or thing that provides protection from danger or bad weather
- 1.
可以寻求庇护的地方。
Somewhere one can find protection.
- 2.
提供隐私和防护的建筑物
a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
- 3.
提供保护或遮盖的东西。
That which provides protection or cover.
- 4.
抵御天气的遮蔽物
protective covering that provides protection from the weather
- 5.
受庇护的状态
the condition of being protected
庇护；保护；可以寻求庇护的地方。；提供隐私和防护的建筑物；提供保护或遮盖的东西。；抵御天气的遮蔽物
用法In use
During the storm, we took shelter in a small hut.
用法提示：名词shelter指提供保护的结构或地方。
The city provides a shelter for homeless people during the winter.
用法提示：名词shelter指临时住所。
The company's investment was structured as a tax shelter.
用法提示：名词shelter指合法的减税方式。
shelter from [something]
表示免受自然条件或危险的影响。
The trees provided shelter from the rain.
树木提供了避雨的庇护。
take shelter
固定短语，意为寻找临时避难所。
We took shelter in a nearby cave during the storm.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- take shelter
- 躲避，寻求庇护
- We took shelter from the rain under a tree.我们在树下躲雨。
- seek shelter
- 寻找庇护所
- The hikers sought shelter in a cave during the storm.徒步者在暴风雨中在洞穴里寻找庇护。
- find shelter
- 找到庇护所
- They found shelter at a nearby church.他们在附近的教堂找到了庇护所。
- provide shelter
- 提供庇护
- The organization provides shelter for homeless families.该组织为无家可归的家庭提供庇护所。
- emergency shelter
- 紧急避难所
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想shelter中的shel像shell（贝壳），贝壳是保护软体的天然庇护所。
语境与语域Context & Register
此义项通常用于中性语境，比较常见于描述自然灾害或危险环境中的物理庇护场所，如避难所、临时收容所等。
语法说明Grammar Note
作'遮蔽物'时为可数名词；作'庇护'时为不可数名词。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes (stressed /ɛ/ + ltər): welter, swelter, melter, pelter. Lookalikes like filter (/ɪ/) and alter (/ɔː/) do not share the stressed vowel and do not rhyme.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
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