Tra từ harbour - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

har·bour [harbour harbours harboured harbouring] (especially US har·bor)noun, verb BrE [ˈhɑːbə(r)] NAmE [ˈhɑːrbər]
noun countable, uncountable
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

Word Origin:
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.

Example Bank:
•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.
•She felt as though she'd reached a safe harbour after sailing in a vast, unfriendly sea.
•The ships were safely in harbour.
•We landed in a natural sheltered harbour.
•the harbour front/mouth/wall
•the old harbour town of Watchet

verb
1. ~ sb to hide and protect sb who is hiding from the police
•Police believe someone must be harbouring the killer.
2. ~ sth 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.
3. ~ sth to contain sth 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.
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