名詞 harness:

1. a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)
2. stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart

動詞 harness:

1. put a harness
   同義詞：tackle
2. exploit the power of
3. control and direct with or as if by reins
   同義詞：rein in, draw rein, rein
4. keep in check
   同義詞：rule, rein

1. The parachutist was buckled into his harness.
   跳傘者扣上了背帶。
2. The brothers work in double harness.
   哥兒倆一起工作。
3. We can harness the power of the wind to make electricity.
   我們可以利用風力發(fā)電。
4. I was in harness at the factory for over twenty years before it shut down.
   我在那家工廠關(guān)閉前在那兒工作了20多年了。
5. A bar used with a double harness to connect the collar of each horse to the pole of a wagon or coach.
   軛狀物用雙馬具把每個馬軛連到四輪運貨馬車或公共馬車的轅桿上的木條
6. The cashier died in harness.
   出納員以身殉職。
7. The farmer harnessed the horse.
   農(nóng)夫給馬套上挽具。

har.ness

n.（名詞）
The gear or tackle, other than a yoke, with which a draft animal pulls a vehicle or an implement.
挽具：一種與軛不同的用于將馱重動物系在車輛或工具上的馬具
Something resembling such gear or tackle, as the arrangement of straps used to hold a parachute to the body.
降落傘的皮帶：如那些將降落傘系于身體的與馬具或繩具相似的工具
A device that raises and lowers the warp threads on a loom.
排成縱向：在織布機上將縱向絲線升高或降低的裝置
Archaic Armor for a man or horse.
【古語】 鎧甲：人或馬身上的甲胄
v.tr.（及物動詞）
har.nessed,har.ness.ing,har.ness.es

To put a harness on (a draft animal).
給（負重的動物）套軛具
To fasten by the use of a harness.
用軛具系緊或拉緊
To bring under control and direct the force of:
統(tǒng)治，管理，支配：控制住和指揮…的力量：
例句：
If you can harness your energy, you will accomplish a great deal.
如果你能控制你的精力，你將獲得巨大成功

<習慣用語>in harness
On duty or at work.
在職或正在工作
來源：
Middle English harnes
中古英語 harnes
from Old French harneis
源自 古法語 harneis
[of Germanic origin] * see nes-
[源于日耳曼語] *參見 nes-

【引伸】
har.nesser
n.（名詞）