新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

anchor

英  [ˈæŋkə]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • anchors

    1[C 可数名词]

    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[C 可数名词] 节目主持人

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

    双语例句

    例:

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

    他以前在美国广播公司的新闻部工作–他是该公司晚间15分钟新闻节目的主持人。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • at anchor

    1停泊

    If a boat is at anchor, it is floating in a particular place and is prevented from moving by its anchor.

    双语例句

    例:

    Sailboats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.

    帆船停泊在狭窄的水道里。

    VERB. 动词
  • anchors , anchoring , anchored

    1[I 不及物动词] 抛锚

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    We could anchor off the pier.

    我们可以在码头抛锚。

    2[T 及物动词] 使固定

    If an object is anchored somewhere, it is fixed to something to prevent it moving from that place.

    近义词

    tether

    双语例句

    例:

    The roots anchor the plant in the earth.

    根须把这植物固定在土里。

    3[T 及物动词] 主持

    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 that come from other places or studios.

    双语例句

    例:

    Viewers saw him anchoring a five-minute summary of regional news.

    观众们看到了他主持一个5分钟的地方新闻摘要节目。

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