n.1 a shelter from pursuit or danger or trouble.
2 a person or place etc. offering this.
3 a person, thing, or course resorted to in difficulties.
4 a traffic island.
Etymology: ME f. OF f. L refugium (as RE-, fugere flee)
n.1 a shelter from pursuit or danger or trouble.
2 a person or place etc. offering this.
3 a person, thing, or course resorted to in difficulties.
4 a traffic island.
Etymology: ME f. OF f. L refugium (as RE-, fugere flee)
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012