a place that is safe and peaceful where people or animals are protected安全的地方;保护区;避难所- The hotel is a haven of peace and tranquillity.这家旅馆是一处平静安宁的所在。
- The river banks are a haven for wildlife.河的两岸是野生动物的自然栖息地。🔊🔊
- The camp offers a haven to refugees.难民营为难民提供了避风港。
- This house is a haven of peace compared with ours.和我们家相比,这所房子是一个宁静的去处。
see also safe haven, tax havenOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + haven- create
- offer (somebody)
- provide (somebody with)
- …
preposition- in a/the haven
- haven for
- haven of
- …
See full entry Word Originlate Old English hæfen, from Old Norse hǫfn; related to Dutch haven, German Hafen ‘harbour’.