The travelers sought shelter（ ）the rain and happened to find a roadside to find a roadside inn.
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shelter“掩蔽；庇护”。用做动词时常说shelter（sb.）from sth.“躲避……，庇护……，使免受……”。做名词时常用搭配是seek/take shelter from“躲避（风雨、灾祸等）”，还有一个常用的介词短语under（the）shelter of“在…的掩护下”。用于原义时shelter常带定冠词，如：under the shelter of an umbrella。用于比喻意义时一般不用定冠词，如under shelter of one’s
