anchor 是什么意思？anchor 的含义 - 柯林高阶英语学习词典 - 在线工具

Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense anchors , present participle anchoring , past tense, past participle anchored

1. countable noun

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.

2. verb

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. [VERB]

They anchored the boat. [VERB noun]

3. verb

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. [VERB noun preposition]

The child seat belt was not properly anchored to the car. [VERB-ed]

Synonyms: secure, tie, fix, bind More Synonyms of anchor

4. countable noun [oft N of/for n]

If one thing is the anchor for something else, it makes that thing stable and secure.

He provided an emotional anchor for her.

He remains the anchor of the country's fragile political balance.

Synonyms: support, second, stay, supporter More Synonyms of anchor

5. verb [usually passive]

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. [be V-ed in/to n]

His basic outlook remains anchored in the liberal tradition. [VERB-ed]

6. verb

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.

[mainly US]

Viewers saw him anchoring a five-minute summary of regional news. [VERB noun]

...a series of cassettes on the Vietnam War, anchored by Mr. Cronkite. [VERB-ed]

7. countable noun

The anchor on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it.

[mainly US]

He worked in the news division of ABC–he was the anchor of its 15-minute evening newscast.

Synonyms: presenter, newscaster, reporter, commentator More Synonyms of anchor

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