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. 錨

2. N-COUNT The anchor on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it. 節(jié)目主持人[美國(guó)英語]

He worked in the news division of ABC – he was the anchor of its 15-minute evening newscast. 他以前在美國(guó)廣播公司的新聞部工作–他是該公司15分鐘晚間新聞節(jié)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. 拋錨

We could anchor off the pier. 我們可以在碼頭拋錨。

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. 根須把這植物固定在土里。

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[美國(guó)英語]

Viewers saw him anchoring a five-minute summary of regional news. 觀眾們看到了他主持地區(qū)新聞的5分鐘綜述。

6. N-COUNT An anchor is the main shop in a mall or shopping centre. 主體商店[美國(guó)英語]

A clothing shop is to be a key anchor in a new development planned on the vacant lot. 一個(gè)服裝店將成為在這塊空地上計(jì)劃新開發(fā)項(xiàng)目中的一個(gè)關(guān)鍵主體商店。

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. 帆船停泊在狹窄的水道里。