A haven is a place where people or animals can live quietly, or run to, and feel safe.

A haven一個haven is是 a place where people or animals can live quietly, or run to, and feel safe一個人或動物可以安靜生活、或逃去、並感到安全的地方。

Long ago it meant a harbour: a stretch of water where a ship could rest out of a storm. You can still meet that older picture in careful writing, but most speakers now use haven for any safe place — a haven for birds, a haven for people who have had to leave home, a quiet room that feels like a haven after a loud street.

Long ago很久以前 it meant a harbour它指的是海港：a stretch of water where a ship could rest out of a storm一片船可以躲避暴風雨休息的水域。You can still meet that older picture in careful writing在講究的寫作裡你還是會看到這個舊有的畫面，but most speakers now use haven for any safe place但現在大多數人把haven用在任何安全的地方——a haven for birds鳥類的haven，a haven for people who have had to leave home必須離開家的人的haven，a quiet room that feels like a haven after a loud street一個在吵鬧街道之後感覺像haven的安靜房間。

It is a warm word, a little softer and more emotional than shelter, and not as everyday as home. Writers like the pair a safe haven.

It is a warm word這是一個溫暖的詞，a little softer and more emotional than shelter比shelter更柔軟、更帶感情，and not as everyday as home也不像home那麼日常。Writers like the pair a safe haven作家喜歡搭配a safe haven這個說法。

You do not count it in the usual way: people say a haven for…, not havens as a dry list of buildings. It is not slang and not a legal stamp; it sits in the middle, and it always carries that feeling of shelter.

You do not count it in the usual way你不會用一般的方式去數它：people say a haven for…人們會說a haven for…，not havens as a dry list of buildings而不會把havens當成一份乾巴巴的建築物清單。It is not slang and not a legal stamp它不是俚語，也不是法律用詞；it sits in the middle它介於中間，and it always carries that feeling of shelter而且它總是帶著庇護的那種感覺。