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Latin Anchor English Borrowed Century Source Greek Ankle

正面 5010.anchor
英 ['æŋkə]美 ['æŋkɚ]

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释义:
n. 锚;抛锚停泊;靠山;新闻节目主播vt. 抛锚;使固定;主持节目vi. 抛锚adj. 末棒的;最后一棒的
例句:
1. 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。

1、over- "outer" + seas(sea的复数形式).
anchor 抛锚同ankle, 弯钩,脚踝,锚。
anchoranchor: [OE] English borrowed this word from Latin in the 9th century, but its ultimate source is Greek ágkūra (which goes back to an Indo- European base *angg- ‘bent’, also the source of angle and ankle). Originally it was spelled ancor, reflecting Latin ancora; the inauthentic h began to creep in in the 16th century, in imitation of the learned-looking but misguided Latin spelling anchora.=> angle, ankleanchor (n.)Old English ancor, borrowed 9c. from Latin ancora "anchor," from or cognate with Greek ankyra "anchor, hook" (see ankle). A very early borrowing and said to be the only Latin nautical term used in the Germanic languages. The -ch- form emerged late 16c., a pedantic imitation of a corrupt spelling of the Latin word. The figurative sense of "that which gives stability or security" is from late 14c. Meaning "host or presenter of a TV or radio program" is from 1965, short for anchorman.anchor (v.)c. 1200, from anchor (n.). Related: Anchored; anchoring."

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