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anchor

noun
 
🔊/ˈæŋkə(r)/
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  1.  
    a heavy metal object that is attached to a rope or chain and dropped over the side of a ship or boat to keep it in one place锚
    • to drop anchor抛锚
    • We raised the anchor and set sail.我们起锚出航。
    • We weighed anchor (= pulled it out of the water).我们起锚。🔊🔊
    • at anchor The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast.船在离岩岸两英里处抛锚停泊。🔊🔊
    Topics Transport by waterc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + anchor
    • cast
    • drop
    • lower
    • …
    preposition
    • at anchor
    See full entry
  2.  
    a person or thing that gives somebody a feeling of safety给以安全感的人（或物）；精神支柱；顶梁柱
    • the anchor of the family全家的顶梁柱
  3.  
    a person who presents a live radio or television programme and introduces reports by other people; an anchorman or anchorwoman主持（电视、广播节目）
    • ABC news anchor Peter Jennings美国广播公司的新闻节目主持人彼得•詹宁斯
    Topics TV, radio and newsc1
    4. Word OriginOld English ancor, ancra, via Latin from Greek ankura; reinforced in Middle English by Old French ancre. The current form is from anchora, an erroneous Latin spelling. The verb (from Old French ancrer) dates from Middle English.

anchor

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they anchor
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he / she / it anchors
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past simple anchored
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past participle anchored
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-ing form anchoring
🔊/ˈæŋkərɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] anchor (something) to let an anchor down from a boat or ship in order to prevent it from moving away抛锚；下锚
    • We anchored off the coast of Spain.我们在西班牙沿海抛锚停泊。🔊🔊
    Topics Transport by waterc1
  2. [transitive, often passive] to fix something in position so that it cannot move使固定；扣牢；系牢
    • be anchored Make sure the table is securely anchored.务必要把桌子固定好。🔊🔊
    • The crane is securely anchored at two points.起重机稳稳地固定在两点之间。
    • be anchored to something The ropes were anchored to the rocks.绳子固定到岩石上。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • firmly
    • securely
    • well
    • …
    preposition
    • to
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  3. [transitive, usually passive] to base something on something else使扎根；使基于
    • be anchored (in/to something) Her novels are anchored in everyday experience.她的小说取材自日常生活经验。🔊🔊
  4. [intransitive, transitive] anchor (something) (especially North American English) to be the person who introduces reports or reads the news on television or radio主持（电视、广播节目）
    • She anchored the evening news for seven years.她主持了七年晚间新闻报道。🔊🔊
    Topics TV, radio and newsc2
    5. Word OriginOld English ancor, ancra, via Latin from Greek ankura; reinforced in Middle English by Old French ancre. The current form is from anchora, an erroneous Latin spelling. The verb (from Old French ancrer) dates from Middle English.