harbor
(British harbour)
noun
a place on the coast where vessels may find shelter, especially one protected from rough water by piers, jetties, and other artificial structures:
港 (!(1)具体例ではa (...) ～/(...) ～s; 港名はU; ｟略｠ h., H. (2)portは貿易に重点を置く商業港)
e.g. they enjoyed fishing in the harbor
e.g. the westerly wind kept us in harbor until the following afternoon.
a place of refuge:
｟かたく｠ «…にとっての» 避難所, 隠れ場所 «for» (!具体例ではa (...) ～/(...) ～s)
e.g. the offered harbor of his arms.
verb with object
1. keep (a thought or feeling, typically a negative one) in one's mind, especially secretly:
(長期間ひそかに)〈悪意･疑いなど〉を心に抱く
e.g. she started to harbor doubts about the wisdom of their journey.
2. shelter or hide (a criminal or wanted person):
…をかくまう; …に隠れ場所を与える
e.g. he was suspected of harboring an escaped prisoner.
give a home or shelter to (an organism):
〈場所が〉〈生物･菌〉のすみかとなる
e.g. the water can become stagnant, harboring bacteria and other microorganisms
e.g. some of these planets may harbor life
e.g. woodlands that once harbored a colony of red deer.
carry the germs of (a disease):
e.g. patients who may have been harboring tuberculosis.
3. no object archaic (of a ship or its crew) moor in a harbor:
〈船が〉(港に)停泊［避難］する
e.g. he might have harbored in San Francisco.
DERIVATIVES
harborless (British harbourless) adjective
harborer (British harbourer) noun
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.