har·bour

noun

/ˈhɑːbə(r)/

/ˈhɑːrbər/

(US English harbor)

[countable, uncountable]

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an area of water on the coast, protected from the open sea by strong walls, where ships can shelter（海）港；港口；港湾
- Several boats lay at anchor in the harbour.港湾里停泊着几条船。
- to enter/leave harbour进入／离开港口
- the harbour front/mouth/wall港湾；港口；突堤
- (figurative) She felt as though she'd reached a safe harbour after sailing in a vast, unfriendly sea.她感觉自己仿佛在一片浩瀚、不友好的大海中航行后到达了安全的港湾。
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- beach
- coast
- harbour
- pier
- sandbank
- sea
- shoreline
- surf
- tide
- wave
Extra Examples
- The fishing fleet is in harbour.渔船队停泊在港湾里。
- The town has a small natural harbour.这个镇子有一处天然小港。
- They entered the harbour with flags flying.他们高扬着旗帜驶入了港口。
- We sailed out of the harbour at daybreak.黎明时份我们驶出了港湾。
- We landed in a natural sheltered harbour.我们在一个天然的避风港登陆。
- the old harbour town of Watchet老海港小镇沃切特
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- deep
- deep-water
- good
- …
verb + harbour/harbor
- have
- come into
- enter
- …
harbour/harbor + noun
- defences/defenses
- wall
- town
- …
preposition
- in (a/the) harbour
- into (a/the) harbour
- out of a/the harbour
- …
phrases
- the entrance to a harbour
- the mouth of a harbour
Word Originlate 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.

har·bour

verb

/ˈhɑːbə(r)/

/ˈhɑːrbər/

(US English harbor)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they harbour	/ˈhɑːbə(r)/ /ˈhɑːrbər/
he / she / it harbours	/ˈhɑːbəz/ /ˈhɑːrbərz/
past simple harboured	/ˈhɑːbəd/ /ˈhɑːrbərd/
past participle harboured	/ˈhɑːbəd/ /ˈhɑːrbərd/
-ing form harbouring	/ˈhɑːbərɪŋ/ /ˈhɑːrbərɪŋ/

harbour somebody to hide and protect somebody who is hiding from the police窝藏，庇护（罪犯等）
- Police believe someone must be harbouring the killer.警方相信一定有人窝藏了杀人犯。
harbour something to keep feelings or thoughts, especially negative ones, in your mind for a long time怀有，心怀（尤指负面感情或想法）
- The arsonist may harbour a grudge against the company.纵火犯可能对公司怀恨在心。
- She began to harbour doubts about the decision.她开始对这个决定产生怀疑。
- to harbour thoughts of revenge怀有报复的念头
- He still harbours ambitions of playing professional soccer.他仍然怀有踢职业足球的雄心。
- He still harboured doubts about her honesty.他仍然对她的诚实心怀怀疑。
harbour something to contain something and allow it to develop包含；藏有
- Your dishcloth can harbour many germs.洗碗布中可能藏有很多病菌。
- These woodlands once harboured a colony of red deer.这些林地曾经栖息着一群马鹿。
- The Fife coast harbours many insects which are rare elsewhere in Britain.法夫郡海岸栖息着许多在英国其他地方很少见的昆虫。

Word Originlate 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.