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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 under the lee of
 (ad.)在…庇護下

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lee, n.
 1. A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship.
    We lurked under lee.   --Morte d'Arthure.
    Desiring me to take shelter in his lee.   --Tyndall.
 2. Naut. That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
 By the lee, To bring by the lee. See under By, and Bring.
 Under the lee of, on that side which is sheltered from the wind; as, to be under the lee of a ship.