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anchor
- IPA[ˈaNGkər]
美式
- a heavy object attached to a rope or chain and used to moor a vessel to the sea bottom, typically one having a metal shank with a ring at one end for the rope and a pair of curved and/or barbed flukes at the other；a person or thing that provides stability or confidence in an otherwise uncertain situation
- moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor；secure firmly in position
verb: anchor, 3rd person present: anchors, gerund or present participle: anchoring, past tense: anchored, past participle: anchored
noun: anchor, plural noun: anchors
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a heavy object attached to a rope or chain and used to moor a vessel to the sea bottom, typically one having a metal shank with a ring at one end for the rope and a pair of curved and/or barbed flukes at the other the boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly an anchor chain
- ▪ a person or thing that provides stability or confidence in an otherwise uncertain situation the European Community is the economic anchor of the New Europe 同義詞
- ▪ a store, e.g., a department store, that is the principal tenant of a mall or a shopping center.
- 2. North American an anchorman or anchorwoman, especially in broadcasting or athletics he signed off after nineteen years as CBS news anchor 同義詞
動詞
- 1. moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor the ship was anchored in the lee of the island we anchored in the harbor 同義詞
- ▪ secure firmly in position the tail is used as a hook with which the fish anchors itself to coral with cords and pitons they anchored him to the rock 同義詞
- ▪ provide with a firm basis or foundation it is important that policy be anchored to some acceptable theoretical basis
- 2. North American act as an anchor for (a television program or sporting event) she anchored a television documentary series in the early 1980s
