harbouring
present participle ofharbour
| 单词 | harbouring |
| 释义 | harbouring present participle ofharbour harbour verb[T] UK(USharbor)uk/ˈhɑː.bər/us/ˈhɑːr.bɚ/harbourverb[T](HAVE IN MIND)tothinkabout orfeelsomething, usually over alongperiod: He's been harbouring agrudgeagainst hereversince hispromotionwasrefused. There are those who harboursuspicionsabout hismotives. Powellremainsnon-committal about anypoliticalambitionshe may harbour. Thinking and contemplating
harbourverb[T](HIDE)toprotectsomeone or somethingbad,especiallybyhidingthatpersonor thing when thepolicearelookingfor him, her, or it: to harbour acriminal Hiding and disguising
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Defending and protecting harbourverb[T](CONTAIN)tocontainthebacteria, etc. that cancauseadiseasetospread: Bathroomdoorhandlescan harbourgerms. Bacteria, moulds, germs & viruses
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Passing on illness & causing disease Examplesofharbouringharbouring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This problem is compounded by the presence, within the ranch, of patches of thicketharbouringuntreated populations of tsetse. From theCambridge English Corpus Sera has been systematically collected from mice and rats eitherharbouringa schistosome infection, or vaccinated with the isolated membrane preparation. From theCambridge English Corpus Actual sample sizes are the numbers of amphipodsharbouringat least enough worms to be included in the regression, and are given in parentheses. From theCambridge English Corpus We were, therefore, forced to conclude that animals inhabiting this region must be susceptible to infection and capable ofharbouringthe trypanosome. From theCambridge English Corpus Isolatesharbouringthe act gene differed from act genedeficient ones with respect to haemolytic activity on blood agar plates. From theCambridge English Corpus Screening after 6 and 27 days identified copepodsharbouringinfective procercoids. From theCambridge English Corpus This region therefore appeared to be a likely candidate forharbouringthe sublingual glandspecific difference between the two alleles. From theCambridge English Corpus The maximum repetition of an identical genotype within a host was of 22 for 122 worms analysed within a ratharbouring343 schistosomes. From theCambridge English Corpus Some adult endoparasites that exploit only one or very few host species tend to exploit host speciesharbouringfew or no other parasite species. From theCambridge English Corpus This may be a simple key to keeping the cost ofharbouringparasites to a minimum. From theCambridge English Corpus Results from the shedding experiment suggest that hosts may suspend shedding during periods of low temperature,harbouringonly parthenitae and immature cercariae. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the potential of the two components of the matrix (secondary forests and shade plantations) forharbouringforest species contrasted sharply. From theCambridge English Corpus Despite general similarities there is a striking difference between the pathology induced in the muscle-derived 'nurse' cellharbouringthe infective larvae of the two worms. From theCambridge English Corpus The four microsatellites suspected ofharbouringnulls were excluded from the analysis although their inclusion made no qualitative difference to the results. From theCambridge English Corpus These findings can be interpreted to indicate the possible existence of concomitant immunity against developing larval stages in animals alreadyharbouringadult worms. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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