harborer
harborer — 名詞
1. a person, group, or place that gives shelter or a hiding spot to someone or some
窩藏者
為人或物提供藏身處的個人或場所
a person, group, or place that gives shelter or a hiding spot to someone or something — often used when the protected party is unwelcome, dangerous, or wanted by authorities.
The old farmhouse near the border became a quiet harborer of refugees during the war.
戰爭期間，邊境附近那棟老農舍悄悄成了難民的庇護所。
harborer of + [people in danger]
Pim was arrested as a knowing harborer of two men wanted for the bank robbery.
Pim 因明知故犯地窩藏兩名銀行搶案通緝犯而被捕。
legal context: a knowing harborer of [wanted persons]
Damp basements are common harborers of mold, silverfish, and other small pests.
潮濕的地下室常常是黴菌、衣魚和其他小害蟲的藏匿地。
Critics called the country a harborer of corrupt officials who had fled their own courts.
批評者指責該國成了逃離本國法庭的貪官的庇護國。
Sana wrote that the human gut acts as a harborer of certain harmless bacteria.
Sana 寫道，人類腸道扮演著某些無害細菌的宿主角色。
文法句型
harborer of [noun]
用法筆記
Almost always followed by 'of + [noun]'. Object is usually something unwelcome — fugitives, pests, disease, illegal activity. Bare 'a harborer' without an 'of' phrase is rare.
常見錯誤
2. in traditional British stag-hunting, the worker whose job is to follow a deer ba
獵鹿追蹤者
傳統獵鹿活動中尋找鹿藏身處的人
in traditional British stag-hunting, the worker whose job is to follow a deer back to its resting place in the woods and stay nearby until the hunt begins.
Before dawn, the harborer set out across the moor to locate the stag's resting place.
天還沒亮，獵鹿追蹤者就出發越過荒原，去找那頭雄鹿的歇腳處。
scene-setting: harborer + [deer] + [habitat]
Rodrigo had served as the estate's harborer for thirty hunting seasons before retiring.
Rodrigo 在退休前已為這座莊園擔任獵鹿追蹤者三十個獵季。
role: serve as / work as the harborer
A skilled harborer reads broken twigs and hoof prints to follow a stag through the woods.
經驗豐富的獵鹿追蹤者能從折斷的樹枝和蹄印一路追雄鹿穿過林間。
The harborer signalled to Christopher that the deer had bedded down behind the chestnut grove.
獵鹿追蹤者向 Christopher 示意，那頭鹿已在栗樹林後方臥下休息。
文法句型
harborer + [deer/stag]
用法筆記
Highly specialised hunting term. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is a fixed job title in traditional stag hunting, not a general 'one who harbors something'.