n. 1.挂锚;锚状物。 2.桩,支架。 3.〔比喻〕依靠。 4.【体育】一队运动员中最后参加比赛的人;殿后的人〔如接力赛中跑最后一棒的人〕。 5.〔美俚〕(卡车的)紧急煞车器。 短语和例子 a bower [kedge] anchor 中[小]锚。 a sheet anchor 1. 〔古语〕主锚。 2. 〔比喻〕希望,靠山。 be [lie, ride] at anchor 停泊着,抛着锚。 back an anchor 抛副锚。 cast [drop] anchor 抛锚。 cat the anchor 挂锚。 come to (an) anchor 抛锚;〔比喻〕住下来,住定。 lay out an anchor to windward 为安全打算。 Stand by the anchor ! 〔命令〕准备抛锚! swallow the anchor 摆脱航海生活。 The anchor comes home. 1. 脱锚了。 2. 事情失败了。 weigh anchor 起锚,开船。 vi. 1.抛锚。 2.停泊;固定。 vt. 1.抛锚泊(船)。 2.把…固定住。 短语和例子 anchor one's hope in [on] 把希望寄托在…上。
a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving 同义词:ground tackle,
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" 同义词:mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin,
a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute 同义词:anchorman, anchorperson,
secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore" 同义词:cast anchor, drop anchor,
fix firmly and stably; "anchor the lamppost in concrete" 同义词:ground,
例句与用法
1.
The anchor man in a relay team runs last . 接力队中的主力跑最后一棒。
2.
The sailor coiled the rope around the anchor . 水手把绳子盘缠在锚上。
3.
The ship drags her anchor . 船拖动了锚(意为锚系不住船,已失去作用)。
4.
The ship dragged her anchor during the storm . 船在暴风雨中拖动了锚链。
5.
The vessel lies at anchor at seattle . 这条船锚泊在西雅图港内。
6.
The vessel at anchor surged in the heavy sea . 那停泊着的船在大浪中颠簸。
7.
The anchor did not stay in its place on the sea bottom . 锚不停在海底的位置。
8.
My anchor is now lying above the suction, in the open lake . 锚就放在河口的水泵上。
9.
The cable is then tensioned and anchored at the ends . 然后将钢索张拉并锚固于端头处。
10.
Three lead wires are soldered to the anchor terminals . 在固定接线端子上焊有三根导线。