harbour

port

Zone protégée des fortes vagues où les bateaux peuvent rester en sécurité.

En anglais simple : An area of water protected from strong waves where boats can stay safely.

• The boats are in the harbour.
• Our ship entered the harbour before dark.
• A small fishing harbour lies beyond the beach.

Synonymes : harbor, port, haven

Expressions courantes : fishing harbour, in the harbour, enter the harbour, harbour entrance

nourrir, entretenir

Garder une pensée ou un sentiment en soi, souvent sans en parler aux autres.

En anglais simple : To keep a thought or feeling in your mind, often without telling others.

• I still harbour doubts about the plan.
• He harboured a secret ambition to become an actor.
• Do you harbour any resentment against your sister?

Comment l'utiliser : harbour resentment against someone (She still harbours resentment against her former boss.)

Synonymes : hold, nurse, cherish

Expressions courantes : harbour doubts, harbour a grudge, harbour hopes, harbour resentment

abriter, héberger, cacher

Donner à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose un endroit sûr où rester, parfois en secret.

En anglais simple : To give someone or something a safe place to stay, sometimes secretly.

• The bay can harbour small boats.
• They harboured refugees during the war.
• Police accused him of harbouring a fugitive.

Synonymes : shelter, hide, protect

Expressions courantes : harbour a fugitive, harbour refugees, harbour ships, harbour someone secretly

s'abriter, se réfugier

Rester dans un lieu qui protège d’un danger.

En anglais simple : To stay somewhere that gives protection or shelter.

• The ships harbour here in winter.
• We harboured in the bay during the storm.
• Several boats were harbouring near the island.

Comment l'utiliser : harbour in a place (The boats harboured in a sheltered bay.)

Synonymes : shelter, take refuge

Expressions courantes : harbour in something, harbour for winter