shield

noun

/ʃiːld/

a large piece of metal or leather carried by soldiers in the past to protect the body when fighting盾（牌）
- She did not recognize the coat of arms on his shield.她没有认出他盾牌上的盾徽。
Topics Historyc1, War and conflictc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- riot
verb + shield
- lower
- raise
- be armed with
- …
preposition
- behind a/the shield
- on a/the shield
(also riot shield)
a piece of equipment made from strong plastic, used by the police to protect themselves from angry crowds（警察的）盾形徽章
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- riot
verb + shield
- lower
- raise
- be armed with
- …
preposition
- behind a/the shield
- on a/the shield
shield (against something) a person or thing used to protect somebody/something, especially by forming a barrier保护人；保护物；掩护物；屏障
- Water is not an effective shield against the sun's more harmful rays.水不能有效阻挡太阳中更有害的射线。
- She hid her true feelings behind a shield of cold indifference.她把自己的真实感情掩藏在一副冷漠的外表后面。
see also human shield
- The car had acted as a shield, protecting him from the blast.有那辆车挡在前面，他才没有被炸伤。
- The ozone layer forms a shield against harmful solar rays.臭氧层形成了阻挡太阳有害射线的防护层。
- The software provides a shield against hackers, worms and viruses.该软件能够防御电脑黑客、蠕虫和病毒的攻击。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- defensive
- protective
- human
- …
verb + shield
- use somebody/something as
- form
- provide
- …
shield + verb
- protect
preposition
- shield against
a plate or screen that protects a machine or the person using it from damage or injury（保护机器和操作者的）护罩，防护屏，挡板
- A heat shield protects the worker’s hands.隔热罩保护工人的手。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- defensive
- protective
- human
- …
verb + shield
- use somebody/something as
- form
- provide
- …
shield + verb
- protect
preposition
- shield against
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an object in the shape of a shield, given as a prize in a sports competition, etc.盾形奖牌
- The prince presented the shield to the winners.王子向获胜者颁发了盾牌。
a drawing or model of a shield showing a coat of arms盾形纹徽；盾形徽章
(North American English) a police officer’s badge（警察的）盾形徽章Topics Law and justicec2

词源Old English scild (noun), scildan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schild and German Schild, from a base meaning ‘divide, separate’.

shield

verb

/ʃiːld/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they shield	/ʃiːld/ /ʃiːld/
he / she / it shields	/ʃiːldz/ /ʃiːldz/
past simple shielded	/ˈʃiːldɪd/ /ˈʃiːldɪd/
past participle shielded	/ˈʃiːldɪd/ /ˈʃiːldɪd/
-ing form shielding	/ˈʃiːldɪŋ/ /ˈʃiːldɪŋ/

to protect somebody/something from danger, harm or something unpleasant保护某人或某物（免遭危险、伤害或不快）
- shield something against something I shielded my eyes against the glare.我挡住眼睛以避开强光。
- shield somebody/something from somebody/something The ozone layer shields the earth from the sun's ultraviolet rays.臭氧层保护地球不受太阳紫外线的辐射。
- You can't shield her from the truth forever.你不可能永远瞒着她，不让她知道事实真相。
- shield somebody/something Police believe that somebody is shielding the killer.警方认为有人把杀人凶手窝藏了起来。
- He shielded her with his body.他用自己的身体护住她。
- He carefully shielded the flame with his cupped hand.他一手握成杯状，小心地护住火苗。
- She tried to shield the children from the full horrors of the war.她尽力不让孩子们感受到战争的恐怖。
- new laws to shield companies from foreign competition保护企业免遭外国企业竞争影响的新法律
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- partially
- partly
- carefully
- …
verb + shield
- try to
preposition
- against
- from
- with
- …
shield something to put a shield around a machine, etc. in order to protect the person using it给…加防护罩

词源Old English scild (noun), scildan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schild and German Schild, from a base meaning ‘divide, separate’.