harbour
noun /ˈhɑːbə(r)/
/ˈhɑːrbər/
(US English harbor)
[countable, uncountable]- enlarge imagean 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.
她觉得自己在一片广阔而不友好的大海中航行后,似乎到达了一个安全的港湾。
Wordfinder- beach
- coast
- harbour
- pier
- sandbank
- sea
- shoreline
- surf
- tide
- wave
Topics Transport by waterb2- 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口登陆。 - the old harbour town of Watchet
古老的港口城镇瓦吉特
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- deep-water
- good
- …
- have
- come into
- enter
- …
- defences/defenses
- wall
- town
- …
- in (a/the) harbour
- into (a/the) harbour
- out of a/the harbour
- …
- the entrance to a harbour
- the mouth of a harbour
词源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. - Several boats lay at anchor in the harbour.