English Dictionary

shelter

/ˈʃɛltə/

noun

A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something. / An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women, etc.

The homeless people found shelter in the abandoned building.

意味（1）

A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.

The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.

意味（2）

An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women, etc.