单词
shelter
英 ['?elt?]
美['??lt?]
基本信息
- n. 庇护；避难所；遮盖物
- vt. 保护；使掩蔽
- vi. 躲避，避难
- n. (Shelter)人名；(英)谢尔特
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词态变化
复数:?shelters;第三人称单数:?shelters;过去式:?sheltered;过去分词:?sheltered;现在分词:?sheltering;
中文词源
shelter 遮蔽，庇护，庇护所，避难所
可能改写自 sheld,盾，来自 shield 的旧拼写形式，-er,表物。引申词义保护，遮蔽，庇护等。
英文词源
- shelter
- shelter: [16] The origins of shelter are unclear, but the most usually accepted explanation is that it is an alteration of the now obsolete sheltron. This denoted a body of troops which protected itself in battle with a covering of joined shields. It was descended from Old English scieldtruma, a compound formed from scield, the ancestor of modern English shield, and truma ‘troop’.
=> shield - shelter (n.)
- 1580s, "structure affording protection," possibly an alteration of Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume "roof or wall formed by locked shields," from Old English scyldtruma, from scield "shield" (see shield (n.)) + truma "troop," related to Old English trum "firm, strong" (see trim).
If so, the original notion is of a compact body of men protected by interlocking shields. OED finds this "untenable" and proposed derivation from shield + -ture. Figurative sense is recorded from 1580s; meaning "temporary lodging for homeless poor" is first recorded 1890 in Salvation Army jargon; sense of "temporary home for animals" is from 1971. Related: Shelterless. - shelter (v.)
- 1580s, "to screen, protect," from shelter (n.); in the income investment sense, from 1955. Meaning "to take shelter" is from c. 1600. Related: Sheltered; sheltering.
双语例句
- 1. The number of families seeking shelter rose by 17 percent.
- 寻求避难的家庭户增加了17％。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Many are sleeping in the open because they have no shelter.
- 很多人因为没有栖身之所，只好露宿在外。
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- 3. When it rained I rigged up a partial shelter with a tarpaulin.
- 下雨的时候，我用油布草草搭了一个能简单避雨的棚子。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. No shelter was available for miles around in this treeless landscape.
- 在这个光秃秃没有树木的地方，周围数英里内都没有掩蔽处。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. They took refuge in a bomb shelter.
- 他们在防空洞中避难。
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