Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense anchors, present participle anchoring, past tense, past participle anchored
1N-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. 锚
2V-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. 抛锚;使停泊
We could anchor off the pier. [VERB]
我们可以在码头附近下锚停泊。
They anchored the boat. [VERB noun]
他们抛锚停船。
3VERB 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. 把…系住;使稳住;使固定
The roots anchor the plant in the earth. [VERB noun prep.]
根部使植物固定在土壤中。
The child seat belt was not properly anchored to the car. [VERB-ed]
5VERB [usually passive]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. 与…有紧密联系;使扎根;使固守
A united Germany must be firmly anchored in NATO if Europe is to remain stable. [beV-ed in/to n]
欧洲要保持稳定,德国必须统一并固守北约。
His basic outlook remains anchored in the liberal tradition. [VERB-ed]
他的基本观念依旧扎根于自由主义传统。
6VERB 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. 主持(电视或电台节目,尤指新闻节目) [mainly US]
Viewers saw him anchoring a five-minute summary of regional news. [VERB noun]
观众看见他主持一个5分钟的地方新闻摘要节目。
...a series of cassettes on the Vietnam War, anchored by Mr. Cronkite. [VERB-ed]
克朗凯特先生主持的关于越南战争的系列节目录像带
7N-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. (尤指新闻节目的)电(视)台节目主持人 [mainly US]
He worked in the news division of ABC — he was the anchor of its 15-minute evening newscast.
8PHRASE (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. (船)抛着锚,停泊着
Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.
帆船停泊在狭窄的水道上。
9PHRASE [VERB inflects]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. 抛锚;下锚
We dropped anchor in a sheltered spot.
我们在一个能够遮风挡雨的地方下了锚。
10PHRASE [VERB inflects]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. 起锚;启航