harbor

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈhɑɹbɚ/

Verb

US transitive intransitive

(transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for. / (intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water. / (transitive) To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）安全な場所や避難所を提供する、保護する / （自動詞）保護された水域に避難する、潜む / （他動詞）（狩猟された雄鹿を）隠れる場所に追いやる

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Volunteers harbor survivors in the gym until help arrives.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ボランティアは支援が到着するまで体育館で被災者を保護する。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.

Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.

The fleet harbored in the south.

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Sense（3）

(transitive) To drive (a hunted stag) to covert.

This is the time that the horseman are flung out, not having the cry to lead them to the death. When quadruped animals of the venery or hunting kind are at rest, the stag is said to be harboured, the buck lodged, the fox kennelled, the badger earthed, the otter vented or watched, the hare formed, and the rabbit set.

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