shelter

abri

Endroit où les personnes ou les animaux sont protégés du mauvais temps ou d’un danger.

En anglais simple : A place where people or animals are protected from bad weather or danger.

• We found shelter in a cave.
• The family waited in an underground shelter.
• Is there a shelter nearby where we can stay dry?

Comment l'utiliser : shelter from something (The cave provided shelter from the storm.)

Synonymes : refuge, cover

Expressions courantes : find shelter, bomb shelter, shelter from something, seek shelter

abribus, abri

Petite construction avec un toit, souvent ouverte sur les côtés, qui protège temporairement du mauvais temps.

En anglais simple : A small structure with a roof, often open at the sides, that gives temporary protection from weather.

• We waited in the bus shelter.
• The park has a picnic shelter near the lake.
• Rain blew through the open sides of the shelter.

Expressions courantes : bus shelter, picnic shelter, open shelter

abriter, s’abriter

Protéger quelqu’un ou quelque chose du danger ou du mauvais temps, ou se mettre soi-même à l’abri.

En anglais simple : To protect someone or something from danger or bad weather, or go somewhere protected yourself.

• We sheltered under a tree.
• The family sheltered two children during the war.
• These rocks shelter the plants from strong winds.

Comment l'utiliser : shelter someone/something from something (The wall sheltered us from the wind.); shelter under something (They sheltered under a bridge.); shelter in something (We sheltered in a doorway.)

Synonymes : protect, shield, take cover

Expressions courantes : shelter someone, shelter from something, shelter under something