refuge: [14] A refuge is etymologically a place one ‘flees’ to in order to get away from danger. The word comes via Old French refuge from Latin refugium, a derivative of refugere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘away’ and fugere ‘flee’ (source of English fugitive [14] and fugue [16]). The derivative refugee [17] is an adaptation of refugié, the past participle of modern French refugier ‘take refuge’. => fugitive, refugee
refuge (n.)
"shelter or protection from danger or distress," late 14c., from Old French refuge "hiding place" (12c.), from Latin refugium "a taking refuge; place to flee back to," from re- "back" (see re-) + fugere "to flee" (see fugitive (adj.)) + -ium "place for."
双语例句
1. We climbed up a winding track towards a mountain refuge.
我们沿着一条蜿蜒的小道爬向山上的一处避难所。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Four people who sought refuge in the Italian embassy have left voluntarily.
4名在意大利大使馆寻求避难的人已经自愿离开了。
来自柯林斯例句
3. His home became a place of refuge for the believers.
