Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense harnesses, present participle harnessing, past tense, past participle harnessed
1VERB 控制(情感);利用(自然力) If you harness something such as an emotion or natural source of energy, you bring it under your control and use it. 控制(情感);利用(自然力)
...the movement's ability to harness the anger of all Ukrainians. [VERB noun]
该运动之疏解所有乌克兰人怒气的能力
Turkey plans to harness the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers for big hydro-electric power projects. [VERB noun]
2N-COUNT (系在身上用以携带装备或限制其移动的)系带,背带 A harness is a set of straps which fit under a person's arms and fasten round their body in order to keep a piece of equipment in place or to prevent the person moving from a place. (系在身上用以携带装备或限制其移动的)系带,背带
3N-COUNT 马具;挽具 A harness is a set of leather straps and metal links fastened round a horse's head or body so that the horse can have a carriage, cart, or plough fastened to it. 马具;挽具
4VERB [usually passive]给(马等)套上挽具 If a horse or other animal is harnessed, a harness is put on it, especially so that it can pull a carriage, cart, or plough. 给(马等)套上挽具 [Also beVERB-ed]
On Sunday the horses were harnessed to a heavy wagon for a daylong ride over the Border.
5PHRASE [verb-link PHRASE, PHRASE after verb] [verb-link PHRASE, PHRASE after verb]互相配合;通力合作 People or things who are working in harness are working together in order to achieve a particular aim. 互相配合;通力合作 [mainly British] [mainly British]
At Opera North he will be in harness with Paul Daniel, the conductor appointed music director last year.
6PHRASE (常指停止工作一段时间后)正常工作的 If you say that someone is in harness, you mean that they are working, often after a period of not working. (常指停止工作一段时间后)正常工作的
You can rest for three or four months and then the longing for work will return and you will be right back in harness.