anchor
- n.锚;支柱，靠山;固定桩，系缚物;主持（电视或电台节目，尤指新闻节目）
- v.把…系住（或扎牢、粘住），使固定;抛锚，下锚;使扎根，使基于;主持
复数： anchors 过去式： anchored 现在分词： anchoring 过去分词： anchored 第三人称单数： anchors
anc- 弯;钩 + -h- + -or 人或物
anchornoun
锚
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
to drop anchor
抛锚
The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast.
船在离岩岸两英里处抛锚停泊。
We weighed anchor (= pulled it out of the water) .
我们起锚启航。
给以安全感的人（或物）；精神支柱；顶梁柱
a person or thing that gives sb a feeling of safety
the anchor of the family
全家的顶梁柱
verb
抛锚；下锚
to let an anchor down from a boat or ship in order to prevent it from moving away
We anchored off the coast of Spain.
我们在西班牙沿海抛锚停泊。
使固定；扣牢；系牢
to fix sth firmly in position so that it cannot move
Make sure the table is securely anchored.
务必要把桌子固定好。
使扎根；使基于
to firmly base sth on sth else
Her novels are anchored in everyday experience.
她的小说取材自日常生活经验。
主持（电视、广播节目）
to be the person who introduces reports or reads the news on television or radio
She anchored the evening news for seven years.
她主持了七年晚间新闻报道。
anchor
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N-COUNT 锚
An anchor is a heavy hooked object that is dropped from a boat into the water at the end of a chain in order to make the boat stay in one place. -
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V-ERG 抛锚；使停泊
When a boat anchors or when you anchor it, its anchor is dropped into the water in order to make it stay in one place.We could anchor off the pier...
我们可以在码头附近下锚停泊。
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VERB 把…系住；使稳住；使固定
If you anchor an object somewhere, you fix it to something to prevent it moving from that place.The roots anchor the plant in the earth...
根部使植物固定在土壤中。
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N-COUNT 固定桩；系缚物；支柱；靠山
If one thing is the anchor for something else, it makes that thing stable and secure.He provided an emotional anchor for her...
他是她的精神支柱。
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VERB 与…有紧密联系;使扎根;使固守
If something is anchored in something or to something, it has strong links with it.A united Germany must be firmly anchored in NATO if Europe is to remain stable...
欧洲要保持稳定，德国必须统一并固守北约。
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VERB 主持（电视或电台节目，尤指新闻节目）
The person who anchors a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it and acts as a link between interviews and reports which come from other places or studios.Viewers saw him anchoring a five-minute summary of regional news.
观众看见他主持一个5分钟的地方新闻摘要节目。
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N-COUNT （尤指新闻节目的）电（视）台节目主持人
The anchor on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it.He worked in the news division of ABC — he was the anchor of its 15-minute evening newscast.
他在美国广播公司的新闻部工作——他是晚间15分钟新闻播报的主持人。
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PHRASE （船）抛着锚，停泊着
If a boat is at anchor, it is floating in a particular place and is prevented from moving by its anchor.Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.
帆船停泊在狭窄的水道上。
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PHRASE 抛锚;下锚
When the people on a boat drop anchor or cast anchor, they drop the boat's anchor into the water in order to prevent the boat from moving.We dropped anchor in a sheltered spot.
我们在一个能够遮风挡雨的地方下了锚。
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PHRASE 起锚；启航
When the people on a boat weigh anchor or up anchor, they pull the anchor of the boat out of the water so that they can sail away.
noun
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- a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
- Synonym: ground tackle
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- a central cohesive source of support and stability
- faith is his anchor
- the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money
- he is the linchpin of this firm
- Synonym: mainstay keystone backbone linchpin lynchpin
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- a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
- Synonym: anchorman anchorperson
verb
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- secure a vessel with an anchor
- We anchored at Baltimore
- Synonym: cast anchor drop anchor
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- fix firmly and stably
- anchor the lamppost in concrete
- Synonym: ground
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We sailed into the bay and dropped anchor in five fathoms of water .
我们驶进海湾，将锚抛进5英寻深的水里。
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Secure the anchor by lashing it to the rail
把锚系到栏杆上拴牢。
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She anchored the evening news for seven years .
她主持了七年晚间新闻报道。
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The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast .
船在离岩岸两英里处抛锚停泊。
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The anchor was attached to a length of rope .
铁锚系在一段缆绳上。
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Make sure the table is securely anchored .
务必要把桌子固定好。
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Several boats lay at anchor in the harbour .
港湾里停泊着几条船。
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Her novels are anchored in everyday experience .
她的小说取材自日常生活经验。
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The ship was anchored off shore .
船停泊在离岸不远的地方。
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We anchored off the coast of Spain .
我们在西班牙沿海抛锚停泊。
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They cast anchor at nightfall .
他们傍晚抛锚停泊。
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We weighed anchor .
我们起锚启航。
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He remains the anchor of the country 's fragile political balance .
他仍然是维系该国脆弱的政治平衡的支柱。
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NATO remains the United States ' chief institutional anchor in Europe
北大西洋公约组织仍然是美国在欧洲首要的支柱机构。
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The roots anchor the plant in the earth
根部使植物固定在土壤中。
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The child seat belt was not properly anchored to the car .
儿童坐椅的安全带并未在车上固定到位。
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His basic outlook remains anchored in the liberal tradition .
他的基本观念依旧扎根于自由主义传统。
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Viewers saw him anchoring a five-minute summary of regional news .
观众看见他主持一个5分钟的地方新闻摘要节目。
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He provided an emotional anchor for her
他是她的精神支柱。
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The boat was anchored off the northern coast of the peninsula
这艘船停泊在离该半岛北部海岸不远的地方。
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A united Germany must be firmly anchored in NATO if Europe is to remain stable
欧洲要保持稳定，德国必须统一并固守北约。
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We could anchor off the pier
我们可以在码头附近下锚停泊。
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Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway .
帆船停泊在狭窄的水道上。
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We dropped anchor in a sheltered spot .
我们在一个能够遮风挡雨的地方下了锚。
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They anchored the boat .
他们抛锚停船。
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He worked in the news division of ABC — he was the anchor of its 15-minute evening newscast .
他在美国广播公司的新闻部工作——他是晚间15分钟新闻播报的主持人。
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We anchored our sailing boat in the bay .
我们把帆船停泊在港湾里。
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The ship is about to weigh anchor .
船将启碇。
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The ship anchored in the middle of the river .
船停在江心。
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Letters from home were an anchor to him when he worked abroad .
他在国外工作时，家书是他的精神支柱。