shelterとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof または wall formed by locked shields”), from 古期英語 sċildtruma, sċyldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from sċyld, sċield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”). Cognate with Scots schilthrum, schiltrum. More at shield, and 古期英語 trymman (“to strengthen”), from trum (“strong, firm”) at trim.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛltə/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛltɚ/
• 韻: -ɛltə(ɹ)
• Homophone: Shelta (in non-rhotic accents)

名詞

shelter (複数形 shelters)

1. A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled!‎^[1]:

     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.

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

派生語

動詞

shelter (三人称単数 現在形 shelters, 現在分詞 sheltering, 過去形および過去分詞形 sheltered)

1. (transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
   • 1663, John Dryden, Epistle to Dr. Charleton

     Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.

   • 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

     You have no convents […] in which such persons may be received and sheltered.

2. (intransitive) To take cover.

   During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.

アナグラム

• Ehlerts, Hertels, Shetler, Strehle, helters, three Ls