单词
anchor
英 ['??k?]
美['??k?]
基本信息
- 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
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词态变化
复数:?anchors;第三人称单数:?anchors;过去式:?anchored;过去分词:?anchored;现在分词:?anchoring;
中文词源
anchor 抛锚
同ankle, 弯钩，脚踝，锚。
英文词源
- anchor
- anchor: [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, ankle - anchor (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.
双语例句
- 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。
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- 2. Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.
- 帆船停泊在狭窄的水道上。
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- 3. NATO remains the United States' chief institutional anchor in Europe.
- 北大西洋公约组织仍然是美国在欧洲首要的支柱机构。
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- 4. Secure the anchor by lashing it to the rail.
- 把锚系到栏杆上拴牢。
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- 5. He provided an emotional anchor for her.
- 他是她的精神支柱。
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