| 词汇 | anchor |
| 释义 | anchor noun[ C ] uk /ˈæŋ.kər/ us /ˈæŋ.kɚ/ anchornoun[C] (ON A BOAT)C2 a heavy metal object, usually shaped like a cross with curved arms, on a strong rope or chain, that is dropped from a boat into the water to prevent the boat from moving away: 锚 drop anchorWe dropped anchor (= lowered the anchor into the water) and stopped.我们抛锚停船。 weigh anchorIt was time to weigh anchor (= pull up the anchor and sail away).该是起锚开船的时候了。 Matthias Kulka/Corbis/GettyImages The captain of the ship ordered his men to lower the anchor. The missing boat was last seen at anchor off the North Wales coast. There's a huge metal anchor on display in the entrance to the Maritime Museum. The ship's anchor is attached to an enormous length of chain. For several hours the oil rig was adrift and dragging its anchors in the North Sea. Parts of ships & boats abaft airlock bilge water boathook boiler room bowline cleat keel periscope propeller prow rigging spar sprit stabilizer steerage stem strop sun deck superstructure anchornoun[C] (SUPPORT)C2 someone or something that gives support when needed: 可以依靠的人（或物）;精神支柱;靠山 She was my anchor when things were difficult for me.我身处困境时，她就是我的精神支柱。 This treaty has been called the anchor (= strongest part) of their foreign policy.该条约被称作是他们外交政策的基石。 Backing, supporting & defending adopt advocacy affirmation ally yourself to/with someone argumentation bail out bet buoy champion commitment over-favour pander to someone/something prop something up provide provide for someone root solidly sustenance underpin wave/show/fly the flagidiom anchornoun[C] (BROADCASTER)mainly US an anchormanUS or anchorwomanUS（广播、电视节目的）主持人 Broadcasting: radio & television presenters anchorman anchorwoman announcer broadcaster co-host commentator compere continuity announcer correspondent deejay disc jockey disk jockey DJ newscaster newsreader presenter shock jock sportscaster weather forecaster weatherman anchornoun[C] (IN RACE)sports specialized the member of a team who goes last in a relay(= a type of race between two or more teams in which each person in the team runs or swims part of the race): anchor legThorpe swam the anchor leg for Australia. As anchor in the relay, he closed a 4-metre gap to seize victory. Compare anchorman American relay legend Jenny Thompson was anchor of the 400-metre freestyle final. Running the anchor leg in the first-round heat, she dropped the baton. Competitors & participants in sports & games anchorman attacker back four baller ballplayer challenger competitor jumper logroller long-jumper longboarder major league mid-table opponent retire torero toxophilite traceur trampolinist trialist You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Athletics Swimming anchor verb uk /ˈæŋ.kər/ us /ˈæŋ.kɚ/ anchorverb (FASTEN)C2[ I or T ] to lower an anchor into the water in order to stop a boat from moving away抛锚，下锚 C2[ T ] to make something or someone stay in one position by fastening him, her, or it firmly: 把…系住（或扎牢）；使稳固，使固定 We anchored ourselves to the rocks with a rope.我们用绳子把自己固定在岩石上。 Arriving & departing by boat or ship berth cast cast off dock drop land landing launch launcher moor post-landing relaunch sail sea shove shove off! weigh You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Fastening and tying anchorverb (BROADCAST)[ T ]mainly US to act as the anchorman or anchorwoman of a programme: 主持，担任（节目的）主持人 She will anchor the new morning news show.她将主持新的早间新闻节目。 Broadcasting in general airplay airtime airwaves audio described audio description carry edition executive producer ham radio headline interchannel podcast producer retune scheduler serialization serialize showrunner transmission tune anchorverb (IN RACE)[ T ] sports specialized to be the member of a team who goes last in a relay(= a type of race between two or more teams in which each person in the team runs or swims part of the race): He won the 100- and 200-metre sprints and anchored two winning relay teams. "Klete anchored that race perfectly," Phelps said. "His swim was the reason we won." He was running his first race since he anchored Wales to a bronze medal in the 4 x 400m relay at the Commonwealth Games. She won a gold for anchoring the 1,600-metre relay. Competitors & participants in sports & games anchorman attacker back four baller ballplayer challenger competitor jumper logroller long-jumper longboarder major league mid-table opponent retire torero toxophilite traceur trampolinist trialist You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Athletics Swimming anchor | American Dictionaryanchor noun[ C ] us/ˈæŋ·kər/ anchornoun[C] (HEAVY WEIGHT)a heavy metal object attached to a boat by a rope or chain that, when dropped into the water and resting on the bottom, keeps the boat from moving: We dropped the anchor and took out our fishing rods. An anchor is also someone or something that gives support when needed: She’s looking for a spiritual anchor. anchornoun[C] (NEWS PERSON)a person who reports the news and manages reports by others on a television or radio program: The mayor grants frequent interviews to local news anchors. anchor verb[ I/T ] us/ˈæŋ·kər/ anchorverb[I/T] (USE HEAVY WEIGHT)to keep a boat from moving by dropping a heavy metal object attached to it by a rope or chain into the water so that it rests on the bottom: [ T ]We anchored our sailboat near the shore. anchorverb[I/T] (BE NEWS PERSON)to report the news and manage reports by others on a television or radio program: [ T ]He anchored the morning news for many years. Examples of anchoranchor Here, we clearly see how strong the substantive impact of regime preferences becomes when a voter is not clearly anchored politically. Each line is anchored at the ends with a reference: not at all at the left, and worst possible at the right. Here they could not get the anchors out because the winch was frozen in a lump of ice. A supertag is said to be anchored by the word associated with it. Each of the three acts is anchored by an extended number in which this relationship is explored and developed. We have examined examples of life courses that display types of wisdom anchored in community life. The related troubles talk nourished the community, anchored in these two visible members, whose biographical particulars signalled a very visible identity. Richards discusses what she terms ' bad neighbours ', and their role as anchors for communication in the neighborhood. Importantly, this base anchors the inner life of the individual, sustaining a sense of resilience and social identification during the everyday negotiation of social relationships. In addition to occurring in locally anchored immediate space, speech events establish interactional spaces defined by the configuration and orientation of copar ticipants. Responses were ranked according to the severity of stressors on a fully anchored fivepoint scale ranging from ' none ' (0) to ' severe ' (4). Legal instruments are often accompanied by financial sanctions, while economic instruments are anchored in legal regulations. Such statements are evidence of doctors' decision-making being anchored in empirical evidence about disease prevalence. Both developments are motivated by a perceived need to achieve communicatively transparent test results anchored in observable behaviors. Clearly, empirically anchored rating methods for eliciting semantic similarity and dissimilarity deserve further consideration. See all examples of anchor These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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