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anchor
[ ang-ker ]
noun
- any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- any similar device for holding fast or checking motion:
an anchor of stones.
- any device for securing a suspension or cantilever bridge at either end.
- any of various devices, as a metal tie, for binding one part of a structure to another.
- a person or thing that can be relied on for support, stability, or security; mainstay:
Hope was his only anchor.
- Television. a program that attracts many viewers who are likely to stay tuned to the network for the programs that follow.
- Also called anchor store. a well-known store, especially a department store, that attracts customers to the shopping center in which it is located.
- Slang. automotive brakes.
- Military. a key position in defense lines.
- the person on a team, especially a relay team, who competes last.
- the person farthest to the rear on a tug-of-war team.
verb (used with object)
- to hold fast by an anchor.
- to fix or fasten; affix firmly:
The button was anchored to the cloth with heavy thread.
- to act or serve as an anchor for:
He anchored the evening news.
verb (used without object)
- to drop anchor; lie or ride at anchor:
The ship anchored at dawn.
- to keep hold or be firmly fixed:
The insect anchored fast to its prey.
- Sports, Radio and Television. to act or serve as an anchor.
anchor
/ 藞忙艐办蓹 /
noun
- any of several devices, usually of steel, attached to a vessel by a cable and dropped overboard so as to grip the bottom and restrict the vessel's movement
- an object used to hold something else firmly in place
the rock provided an anchor for the rope
- a source of stability or security
religion was his anchor
- a metal cramp, bolt, or similar fitting, esp one used to make a connection to masonry
- ( as modifier )
anchor plate
anchor bolt
- the rear person in a tug-of-war team
- short for anchorman anchorwoman
- at anchor(of a vessel) anchored
- cast anchor or come to anchor or drop anchorto anchor a vessel
- drag anchorSee drag
- ride at anchorto be anchored
- weigh anchorto raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised in preparation for departure
verb
- to use an anchor to hold (a vessel) in one place
- to fasten or be fastened securely; fix or become fixed firmly
- tr radio television to act as an anchorman on
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
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- 补苍路肠丑辞谤路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
- 补苍路肠丑辞谤路濒颈办别 adjective
- 谤别路补苍路肠丑辞谤 verb
- 耻苍路补苍路肠丑辞谤别诲 adjective
- 飞别濒濒-补苍路肠丑辞谤别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of anchor1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of anchor1
Idioms and Phrases
- at anchor, held in place by an anchor:
The luxury liner is at anchor in the harbor.
- drag anchor, (of a vessel) to move with a current or wind because an anchor has failed to hold.
- drop anchor, to anchor a vessel:
They dropped anchor in a bay to escape the storm.
- weigh anchor, to raise the anchor:
We will weigh anchor at dawn.
Example Sentences
For Luis, the outwardly dull telephony work has provided the anchor he needs to stay out of crime, something he says ex-gang members he knows in the US struggle with.
Retired CBS anchor Dan Rather has a sizable presence 鈥 unsurprising, given the series' extensive usage of CBS News鈥 archival footage, along with previously unheard White House recordings from the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
After digging deep lesions with their powerful maggot jaws, anchoring themselves inside them with their external spikes, screwworm larvae feed on the living flesh, working their way to deeper tissues like the muscles.
Orange County鈥檚 34,000-square-foot T&T Supermarket will anchor a new restaurant and retail development in the Great Park community called the Canopy at Great Park, according to a statement from the company.
Creative Artists Agency, one of Hollywood鈥檚 biggest talent agencies, has agreed to be the anchor tenant in the building on Avenue of the Stars.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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