shel‧ter 1 W3 / ʃeltə $ -ər / 名词

1 [不可数名词] a place to live, considered as one of the basic needs of life :

They are in need of food and shelter.

2 [不可数名词] protection from danger or from wind, rain, hot sun etc

shelter of

We reached the shelter of the caves.

in/into/under etc the shelter of something

They were standing under the shelter of a huge tree.

The men took shelter in a bombed-out farmhouse.

All around me, people were running for shelter .

shelter from

An old hut gave shelter from the storm.

3 [可数名词] a building where people or animals that have nowhere to live or that are in danger can stay and receive help

shelter for

a shelter for battered women

a homeless shelter (= for people who have no homes )

an animal shelter

4 [可数名词] a building or an area with a roof over it that protects you from the weather or from danger

air-raid/bomb/fall-out shelter (= a place to keep people safe from bombs dropped by planes )

bus shelter British English (= a small structure with a roof where you wait for a bus )

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take shelter (= go into a place where you are protected from something ) When it started raining, they took shelter in a cave.

find shelter He slept wherever he could find shelter.

seek shelter formal (= try to find shelter ) They sought shelter under the trees.

run for shelter The residents were running for shelter from the bombing.

give/provide shelter The trees gave shelter from the wind.