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英 ['æŋkə(r)] 美 ['æŋkər]

• n. 锚；锚状物；依靠；新闻节目主播；压阵队员
• v. 抛锚；停泊；用锚系住；担任（广播电视新闻节目）的主持人

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]锚

   a piece of heavy metal, usually a hook with two arms, at the end of a chain or rope, for lowering into the water to keep a ship from moving

2. [C]给人安全感之物〔人〕

   a person or thing that provides support and a feeling of safety

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 抛锚

   lower an anchor

2. vt. & vi. (把…)系住,(使)固定

   (cause to) be fixed firmly

3. vt. 担任(电视节目等的)主持人

   serve as an anchorperson

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 锚，挂锚，铁锚
2. <俚>汽车煞车，紧急煞车器
3. 锚状物
4. 赖以支撑的人、靠山或物，给以安全感的人，互精神支柱，顶梁柱
5. <美>新闻节目主播（anchorman，anchorwoman，anchorperson）
6. 桩，支架
7. 【体】一队运动员中最后参加比赛的人
8. 殿后的人

v. 动词

1. 抛锚泊船，停泊，抛锚，下锚
2. 系住，系牢，扣牢，使固定，把...固定住
3. 抛锚使（船）停泊
4. 固定，变稳固，紧固，稳定
5. 使扎根，使基于，立足于
6. 主持（电视、广播节目），在…任节目主持人
7. 担任主持人

英英释义

Noun:

1. a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving

2. 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"
   

3. a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute

Verb:

1. fix firmly and stably;

   "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
   

2. secure a vessel with an anchor;

   "We anchored at Baltimore"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The ship dragged its anchor during the night.
   夜里,船把锚拖动了。
2. Hope is his only anchor.
   希望是他唯一的依靠。
3. He was then doing the anchor.
   他当时正主持新闻广播节目。
4. The anchor man in a relay team runs last.
   接力队中的主力跑最后一棒。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The ship was anchored off the shore.
   船在海岸处抛了锚。
2. We anchored our boat close to the shore.
   我们近岸泊船。
3. Can you anchor the boat in this storm?
   在狂风暴雨中你能使船停泊吗?
4. He anchors a half-hour news show every day.
   他每天主持半小时的新闻广播。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. They lay at anchor outside the harbor.
   他们在港外抛锚停泊。
2. 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。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The ship anchored along the shore.
   这艘船在岸边停泊。
2. The insect anchored fast to its prey.
   这只昆虫紧紧地抓住它的猎物不放。
3. His attention anchors on his friend.
   他的注意力集中在他朋友身上。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They anchored their ship in the river in a foggy morning.
   在一个迷雾的早晨他们把船停泊在河上。
2. We anchored the hammock to the tree.
   我们把吊床牢牢地系在树上。
3. I anchored my hope on your help.
   我寄希望于你的帮助。
4. She anchors the top-rated news show.
   她主持要闻节目。

经典引文

• It was not possible to anchor the fleet.

  出自： Southey

• An enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon.

  出自： Scott Fitzgerald

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• cast the anchor 抛锚,下锚
• come to an anchor 停泊
• drop the anchor 抛锚,下锚
• let go the anchor 抛锚,下锚
• pull anchor 起锚
• raise anchor 起锚
• weigh anchor 起锚

介词+～

• at anchor 抛了锚,停泊着,停泊妥当
• lie at anchor 抛了锚,停泊着,停泊妥当
• ride at anchor 抛了锚,停泊着,停泊妥当

～+介词

• anchor along the shore 沿岸抛锚
• anchor at London 停泊在伦敦港
• anchor by the stern 抛锚停泊
• anchor in a harbor 在港内停泊
• anchor off the coast (船)在海岸外抛锚
• anchor off the shore (船)在海岸外抛锚

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• anchor ship 把船抛锚
• anchor the roof of a house 固定房顶
• anchor the top-rated news show 主持要闻节目

～+副词

• anchor firmly 系牢

～+介词

• anchor on 固定,确定

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. anchor用作动词的基本意思是“抛锚”,进而引申为“(把…)系住,(使)固定”。anchor还可作“担任(电视节目等的)主持人”解。
2. anchor用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自希腊语的ankura，意为锚。

近反义词

【近义词】

• support
• affix
• attach