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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Harbor \Har"bor\, v. t. [Written also {harbour}.] [imp. & p. p.
   {Harbored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Harboring}.] [OE. herberen,
   herberwen, herbergen; cf. Icel. herbergja. See {Harbor}, n.]
   To afford lodging to; to enter as guest; to receive; to give
   a refuge to; indulge or cherish (a thought or feeling, esp.
   an ill thought).

         Any place that harbors men.              --Shak.

         The bare suspicion made it treason to harbor the person
         suspected.                               --Bp. Burnet.

         Let not your gentle breast harbor one thought of
         outrage.                                 --Rowe.

Harbor \Har"bor\, n. [Written also {harbour}.] [OE herbor,
   herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga),
   orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save,
   help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri,
   Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G.
   bergen. See {Harry}, {2d Bury}, and cf. {Harbinger}.]
   1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security
      and comfort; a refuge; a shelter.

            [A grove] fair harbour that them seems. --Spenser.

            For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   3. (Astrol.) The mansion of a heavenly body. [Obs.]

   4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water,
      either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a
      place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or
      haven.

资料来源 : WordNet®

harbour
     n 1: a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
          [syn: {seaport}, {haven}, {harbor}]
     2: a place of refuge and comfort and security [syn: {harbor}]
     v 1: secretly shelter (as of fugitives or criminals) [syn: {harbor}]
     2: keep in one's possession; of animals [syn: {harbor}]
     3: hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a
        grudge against him" [syn: {harbor}, {shield}]
     4: maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings); "bear a grudge";
        "entertain interesting notions"; "harbor a resentment"
        [syn: {harbor}, {hold}, {entertain}, {nurse}]