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单词 harbour
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harbour

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
    • Several boats lay at anchor in the harbour.
    • to enter/leave harbour
    • the harbour front/mouth/wall
    • (figurative) She felt as though she'd reached a safe harbour after sailing in a vast, unfriendly sea.
    Wordfinder
    • beach
    • coast
    • harbour
    • pier
    • sandbank
    • sea
    • shoreline
    • surf
    • tide
    • wave
    Extra Examples
    • The fishing fleet is in harbour.
    • The town has a small natural harbour.
    • They entered the harbour with flags flying.
    • We sailed out of the harbour at daybreak.
    • We landed in a natural sheltered harbour.
    • the old harbour town of Watchet
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • 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
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    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.

harbour

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/
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  1. harbour somebody to hide and protect somebody who is hiding from the police
    • Police believe someone must be harbouring the killer.
  2. harbour something to keep feelings or thoughts, especially negative ones, in your mind for a long time
    • The arsonist may harbour a grudge against the company.
    • She began to harbour doubts about the decision.
    • to harbour thoughts of revenge
    • He still harbours ambitions of playing professional soccer.
    • He still harboured doubts about her honesty.
  3. harbour something to contain something and allow it to develop
    • Your dishcloth can harbour many germs.
    • These woodlands once harboured a colony of red deer.
    • The Fife coast harbours many insects which are rare elsewhere in Britain.
  4. 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.
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