•an air-raid shelter防空洞

•They opened a shelter to provide temporary housing for the city's homeless.他们开设了一个收容所，为该市的无家可归者提供临时的住宿。

•The trees gave/provided some shelter from the rain.这些树遮了一些雨。

•We took shelter for the night in an abandoned house.我们在一栋废弃的房子里躲了一夜。

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•We were caught in a thunderstorm, without anywhere to shelter.我们遇上了雷阵雨，没有避雨的地方。

•A group of us were sheltering from the rain under the trees.我们一群人在树下避雨。

•Local people risked their own lives to shelter resistance fighters from the army.当地的人们冒着生命危险，为反抗组织的战士提供避难所，使其免遭军队逮捕。

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•Their accountant suggested some novel ways of sheltering their retirement income.他们的会计师向他们建议退休收入投资的一些新方法。