The word 'anchor' has multiple meanings: as a noun, it is a heavy object used to keep a boat stationary; as a verb, it means to deploy an anchor or to fasten something securely. It can also refer to a television or radio show host, or figuratively to something that provides a sense of stability or security.
The word 'anchor' can be used as a noun referring to a heavy object dropped to keep a boat in place, or as a verb meaning to drop anchor or to secure something. It can also refer to a person who hosts a TV/radio program, or something that provides stability, like a support or a pillar.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]锚 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.
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]抛锚；使停泊 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.
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We could anchor off the pier...
我们可以在码头附近下锚停泊。
They anchored the boat.
他们抛锚停船。
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[VERB 动词]把…系住；使稳住；使固定 If you anchor an object somewhere, you fix it to something to prevent it moving from that place.
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The roots anchor the plant in the earth...
根部使植物固定在土壤中。
The child seat belt was not properly anchored to the car.
儿童坐椅的安全带并未在车上固定到位。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]固定桩；系缚物；支柱；靠山 If one thing is the anchor for something else, it makes that thing stable and secure.
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He provided an emotional anchor for her...
他是她的精神支柱。
He remains the anchor of the country's fragile political balance.
他仍然是维系该国脆弱的政治平衡的支柱。
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[VERB 动词]与…有紧密联系；使扎根；使固守 If something is anchored in something or to something, it has strong links with it.
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A united Germany must be firmly anchored in NATO if Europe is to remain stable...
欧洲要保持稳定，德国必须统一并固守北约。
His basic outlook remains anchored in the liberal tradition.
他的基本观念依旧扎根于自由主义传统。
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[VERB 动词]主持（电视或电台节目，尤指新闻节目） 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.
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[V-ed]
[mainly AM 主美]
Viewers saw him anchoring a five-minute summary of regional news.
观众看见他主持一个5分钟的地方新闻摘要节目。
...a series of cassettes on the Vietnam War, anchored by Mr. Cronkite.
克朗凯特先生主持的关于越南战争的系列节目录像带
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]（尤指新闻节目的）电（视）台节目主持人 The anchor on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it.
[mainly AM 主美]
He worked in the news division of ABC — he was the anchor of its 15-minute evening newscast.
他在美国广播公司的新闻部工作——他是晚间15分钟新闻播报的主持人。
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[PHRASE 短语]（船）抛着锚，停泊着 If a boat is at anchor, it is floating in a particular place and is prevented from moving by its anchor.
Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.
帆船停泊在狭窄的水道上。
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[PHRASE 短语]抛锚；下锚 When the people on a boat drop anchor or cast anchor, they drop the boat's anchor into the water in order to prevent the boat from moving.
[V inflects]
We dropped anchor in a sheltered spot.
我们在一个能够遮风挡雨的地方下了锚。
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[PHRASE 短语]起锚；启航 When the people on a boat weigh anchor or up anchor, they pull the anchor of the boat out of the water so that they can sail away.
[V inflects]
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an·chor/ˈæŋkə(r); NAmEˈæŋkər/
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anchoranchorsanchoredanchoringnoun _anchor.jpg _anchor.jpg 1[countable , uncountable ]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◆The ship lay at anchortwo miles off the rocky coast. 船在离岩岸两英里处抛锚停泊。◆We weighed anchor(= pulled it out of the water).我们起锚。2[countable ]a person or thing that gives sb 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3[countable ]( especially NAmE) =
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verb1[intransitive , transitive ]anchor(sth) to let an anchordown from a boat or ship in order to prevent it from moving away 抛锚；下锚◆We anchored off the coast of Spain.我们在西班牙沿海抛锚停泊。2[transitive ]anchorsth to fix sth firmly in position so that it cannot move 使固定；扣牢；系牢◆Make sure the table is securely anchored.务必要把桌子固定好。3[transitive , usually passive ]anchorsb/sth (in/to sth) to firmly base sth on sth else 使扎根；使基于◆Her novels are anchored in everyday experience.她的小说取材自日常生活经验。4[intransitive , transitive ]anchor(sth) ( NAmE) to be the person who introduces reports or reads the news on television or radio 主持（电视、广播节目）◆She anchored the evening news for seven years.她主持了七年晚间新闻报道。an·chor/ˈæŋkə(r); NAmEˈæŋkər/
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anchoran‧chor1 /ˈæŋkə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
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1anchor (1)a piece of heavy metal that is lowered to the bottom of the sea, a lake etc to prevent a ship or boat movingat anchor The ship was at anchor. We dropped anchor a few yards offshore. The next morning, they weighed anchor (=lifted the anchor) and began to move south again.2especially American English someone who reads the news on TV and introduces news reportsSYN newsreader British English: Dan Rather, anchor of the CBC Evening News3someone or something that provides a feeling of support and safety: Dad was the anchor of the family.
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1[intransitive, transitive] to lower the anchor on a ship or boat to hold it in one placeSYN moor: Three tankers were anchored in the harbor.2[transitive] to fasten something firmly so that it cannot move: The shelves should be securely anchored to the wall.GRAMMARAnchor is usually passive in this meaning.3be anchored in something to be strongly connected with a particular system, way of life etc: John’s outlook has always been anchored in the political mainstream.4[transitive] to provide a feeling of support, safety, or help for someone or an organization: Steve anchors the team’s defense. Her life was anchored by her religion.5[transitive] American English to be the person who reads the news and introduces reports on televisionSYN present: Collins anchors the 6 o'clock news.