harbour

harbour
(美 harbor)
noun
  1. a place on the coast where ships may moor in shelter, especially one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures
    海港
    ■(figurative)a place of refuge
    (喻)（精神上的）避难所；安全港湾
    the offered harbour of his arms.
    他双臂围成的安全港湾。
verb
[with obj.]
  1. keep (a thought or feeling, typically a negative one) in one's mind, especially secretly
    心怀，抱有，怀有（想法，感情，尤指消极的想法、感情）
    she started to harbour doubts about the wisdom of their journey.
    她开始暗暗怀疑他们此行究竟是否明智。
  2. give a home or shelter to
    为…提供住所（或动物栖息地）；为…提供庇护
    woodlands that once harboured a colony of red deer.
    曾是马鹿群栖息地的林区。
    ■shelter or hide (a criminal or wanted person)
    ） 窝藏；收留（罪犯，通缉犯）
    he was suspected of harbouring an escaped prisoner.
    他被怀疑收留了逃犯。
    ■carry the germs of (a disease)
    带有（某种疾病）的病菌
  3. [no obj.](archaic)(of a ship or its crew) moor in a harbour
    (古)（船或其全体船员）入港停泊
    he might have harboured in Falmouth.
    他可能停泊在法尔茅斯港。
派生
harbourless
adjective
语源
  1. late Old English herebeorg 'shelter, refuge', herebeorgian 'occupy shelter', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch herberge and German Herberge, also to French auberge 'inn'; see also harbinger
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