a heavy metal object that is attached to a rope or chain and dropped over the side of a ship or boat to keep it in one place 锚 to drop anchor 抛锚 We raised the anchor and set sail. 我们起锚出航。 We weighed anchor (= pulled it out of the water). 我们起锚。 - at anchor
The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast. 船在离岩岸两英里处抛锚停泊。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + anchor- cast
- drop
- lower
- …
- at anchor
a person or thing that gives somebody a feeling of safety 给以安全感的人(或物);精神支柱;顶梁柱 the anchor of the family 全家的顶梁柱
a person who presents a live radio or television programme and introduces reports by other people; an anchorman or anchorwoman 主持(电视、广播节目) ABC news anchor Peter Jennings 美国广播公司的新闻节目主持人彼得•詹宁斯
Word OriginOld 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.