anchor

1. N-COUNT 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. 锚

2. N-COUNT The anchor on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it. 节目主持人[美国英语]

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15分钟晚间新闻节目的主持人。

3. V-T/V-I 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. 抛锚

We could anchor off the pier. 我们可以在码头抛锚。

4. V-T If an object is anchored somewhere, it is fixed to something to prevent it moving from that place. 使固定

The roots anchor the plant in the earth. 根须把这植物固定在土里。

5. V-T 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. 主持[美国英语]

Viewers saw him anchoring a five-minute summary of regional news. 观众们看到了他主持地区新闻的5分钟综述。

6. N-COUNT An anchor is the main shop in a mall or shopping centre. 主体商店[美国英语]

A clothing shop is to be a key anchor in a new development planned on the vacant lot. 一个服装店将成为在这块空地上计划新开发项目中的一个关键主体商店。

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

Sailboats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway. 帆船停泊在狭窄的水道里。