sheltered
/ˈʃɛltɚd/ 形容词 B2中文: 受保护的、遮蔽的、备受呵护的
- Protected, as from wind or weather. · The boat was much safer, during the storm, in the sheltered cove.
- (Of a person) who grew up being overprotected by parents or other guardians, often lacking social skills or worldly experience as a result.
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Her favourite walk, and where she frequently went while the others were calling on Lady Catherine, was along the open grove which edged that side of the park, where there was a nice sheltered path, which no one seemed to value but herself, and where she felt beyond the reach of Lady Catherine’s curiosity.
The walk being here less sheltered than on the other side, allowed them to see him before they met.
The grasshoppers and sparrows entreated him not to cut down the tree that sheltered them, but to spare it, and they would sing to him and lighten his labours.
A small but well-kept house in the outskirts of the town sheltered the bereaved mother.
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