anchor

anchor
noun

a heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically one having a metal shank with a ring at one end for the cable and a pair of curved and/or barbed flukes at the other
锚
■(anchors)(Brit. informal)the brakes of a car
(英，非正式)（汽车）刹车
this idiot in front slammed on his anchors at a crossing.
前面的这傻子在十字路口突然猛一刹车。
■(figurative)a person or thing which provides stability or confidence in an otherwise uncertain situation
(喻)给予安全感的人（或物）；顶梁柱
the European Community is the economic anchor of the New Europe.
欧共体是新欧洲的经济靠山。
■[usu. as modifier]a large and prestigious department store prominently sited in a new shopping centre with the object of attracting trade and business
（置于新购物中心抢眼位置以吸引商贸的）中心百货店
an anchor tenant.
旗舰店面承租户。
an anchorman or anchorwoman, especially in broadcasting or athletics
（尤指广播或体育节目的）主持人
he signed off after nineteen years as CBS news anchor.
在作了19年哥伦比亚广播公司新闻节目主持人后他不干了。

verb
[with obj.]

moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor so as to cause it to remain in the same place
（将船）锚泊
the ship was anchored in the lee of the island.
船锚泊在岛的背风处。
[no obj., with adverbial of place]we anchored in the harbour.
我们在港内下锚。
■secure firmly in position
牢牢固定住
with cords and pitons they anchored him to the rock.
他们用绳子和钢锥把他牢牢地系缚在岩石上。
the tail is used as a hook with which the fish anchors itself to coral.
这鱼用尾巴钩住珊瑚。
■provide with a firm basis or foundation
扎根
it is important that policy be anchored to some acceptable theoretical basis.
把政策建立在可接受的理论基础是很重要的。
present and coordinate (a television or radio programme)
主持（电视，广播节目）
she anchored a television documentary series in the early 1980s.
她在20世纪80年代早期主持过电视纪实系列片。

常用词组
at anchor

drop anchor

weigh (或 raise) anchor

语源

Old English ancor, ancra, via Latin from Greek ankura; reinforced in Middle English by Old French ancre. The current form is from anchora, an erroneous Latin spelling. The verb (from Old French ancrer) dates from Middle English

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