名詞 anchor:

1. a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving
   同義詞：ground tackle
2. a central cohesive source of support and stability
   同義詞：mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin
3. a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute
   同義詞：anchorman, anchorperson

動詞 anchor:

1. fix firmly and stably
   同義詞：ground
2. secure a vessel with an anchor
   同義詞：cast anchor, drop anchor

1. Several boats lay at anchor in the harbour.
   港灣里停泊著幾只船。
2. The ship was anchored off the shore.
   船在海岸處拋了錨。
3. He anchored his hope in his friend's help.
   他寄希望于朋友的幫助。
4. He anchored the winning team.
   他擔(dān)任勝了那一隊的最后一棒。
5. Hope is his only anchor.
   希望是他唯一的依靠。

an.chor

n.（名詞）
Nautical A heavy object attached to a vessel by a cable or rope and cast overboard to keep the vessel in place either by its weight or by its flukes, which grip the bottom.
【航?！?/i> 錨：用纜繩或粗繩系在船只上的重物，將其拋出后船只可因其重量或錨鉤緊水底而固定住
A rigid point of support, as for securing a rope.
支撐點，系縛物
A source of security or stability.
依靠，支柱：造成安全或穩(wěn)定之源
Sports
【體育運動】
An athlete, usually the strongest member of a team, who performs the last stage of a relay race or other competition.
壓陣隊員：運動隊里最強壯的運動員，在接力賽或其它比賽里負(fù)責(zé)最后一關(guān)
The end of a tug-of-war team.Also called anchorman
拔河比賽中的最后一隊運動員也作 anchorman
An anchorperson.
新聞節(jié)目主持人
v.（動詞）
an.chored,an.chor.ing,an.chors
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To hold fast by or as if by an anchor.See Synonyms at fasten
使船穩(wěn)定：把…固定住，用錨或似乎用錨參見 fasten
Sports To serve as an anchor for (a team or competition).
【體育運動】 壓陣隊員：（隊或比賽中）充當(dāng)壓陣的運動員
To narrate or coordinate (a newscast).
主持：敘述或協(xié)調(diào)（新聞廣播節(jié)目）
To provide or form an anchor store for:
端位商店：
例句：
Two major stores anchor each end of the shopping mall.
兩個主要商場位于商城兩端

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
Nautical To drop anchor or lie at anchor.
【航?！?/i> 拋錨，停泊

來源：
Middle English anker, ancher
中古英語 anker, ancher
from Old English ancor
源自 古英語 ancor
from Latin ancora, anchora
源自 拉丁語 ancora, anchora
from Greek ankura
源自 希臘語 ankura

<注釋>The history of the wordanchor can be said to be a case study in various levels of sophistication. To begin with, the early history of the word illustrates the kind of borrowing done by the various Germanic peoples from the more advanced culture of the Roman Empire.Ancora, the Latin source of our word anchor, was borrowed into several Germanic languages, including Old English and Old High German, an indication that this appropriation occurred during the period of initial contact between Germanic peoples and the Roman Empire.If the early history ofanchor illustrates borrowing from a more advanced culture by a less advanced one, a later stage in the word`s history may illustrate a misplaced sophistication.The Latin wordancora itself came from Greek ankura but was sometimes spelledanchora in Latin because of a false analogy with other Greek words, in which the sound (k) was spelledch. As far back as the 4th century English writers who were familiar with this Latin spelling inserted thech in the word, otherwise spelled with a k or c, thus causing difficulty for many a beginning speller of later times.
anchor 這個詞的歷史可以作為不同程度意義變換的范例來研究。 這個詞的早期歷史說明了日耳曼各民族向羅馬帝國較先進文化的借鑒。Ancora 作為 anchor 一詞的拉丁語來源，被借入幾種日耳曼語言， 包括古英語和古德語，說明當(dāng)日耳曼各民族最早同羅馬帝國有往來時借用便開始了。如果anchor 的早先歷史顯示了落后文化向先進文化借鑒的話， 這個詞的后期歷史則表明了意義上的錯誤變動。拉丁詞ancora 來自希臘語中的 ankura ， 但有時拼寫成anchora 是因為同其它希臘詞進行了錯誤的比較， 在希臘語中發(fā)k的音都拼寫成ch 。 4世紀(jì)熟悉拉丁拼法的英國作家們將ch 插入詞中， 而不使用k 或 c, 這樣就給后來許多初學(xué)英語者的拼寫造成了困難