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. 節目主持人[美國英語]

He worked in the news division of ABC – he was the anchor of its 15-minute evening newscast. 他以前在美國廣播公司的新聞部工作–他是該公司15分鍾晚間新聞節目的主持人。

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裡。

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[美國英語]

Viewers saw him anchoring a five-minute summary of regional news. 觀衆們看到了他主持地區新聞的5分鍾綜述。

6. N-COUNT An anchor is the main shop in a mall or shopping centre. 主躰商店[美國英語]

A clothing shop is to be a key anchor in a new development planned on the vacant lot. 一個服裝店將成爲在這塊空地上計劃新開發項目中的一個關鍵主躰商店。

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裡。