anchor

名词 anchor:

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

动词 anchor:

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

1. Several boats lay at anchor in the harbour.
   港湾里停泊著几只船。
2. The ship was anchored off the shore.
   船在海岸处抛了锚。
3. He anchored his hope in his friend's help.
   他寄希望于朋友的帮助。
4. He anchored the winning team.
   他担任胜了那一队的最后一棒。
5. Hope is his only anchor.
   希望是他唯一的依靠。

an.chor

n.（名词）
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.
【航海】 锚：用缆绳或粗绳系在船只上的重物，将其抛出后船只可因其重量或锚钩紧水底而固定住
A rigid point of support, as for securing a rope.
支撑点，系缚物
A source of security or stability.
依靠，支柱：造成安全或稳定之源
Sports
【体育运动】
An athlete, usually the strongest member of a team, who performs the last stage of a relay race or other competition.
压阵队员：运动队里最强壮的运动员，在接力赛或其它比赛里负责最后一关
The end of a tug-of-war team.Also called anchorman
拔河比赛中的最后一队运动员也作 anchorman
An anchorperson.
新闻节目主持人
v.（动词）
an.chored,an.chor.ing,an.chors
v.tr.（及物动词）
To hold fast by or as if by an anchor.See Synonyms at fasten
使船稳定：把…固定住，用锚或似乎用锚参见 fasten
Sports To serve as an anchor for (a team or competition).
【体育运动】 压阵队员：（队或比赛中）充当压阵的运动员
To narrate or coordinate (a newscast).
主持：叙述或协调（新闻广播节目）
To provide or form an anchor store for:
端位商店：
例句：
Two major stores anchor each end of the shopping mall.
两个主要商场位于商城两端

v.intr.（不及物动词）
Nautical To drop anchor or lie at anchor.
【航海】 抛锚，停泊

来源：
Middle English anker, ancher
中古英语 anker, ancher
from Old English ancor
源自 古英语 ancor
from Latin ancora, anchora
源自 拉丁语 ancora, anchora
from Greek ankura
源自 希腊语 ankura

<注释>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 这个词的历史可以作为不同程度意义变换的范例来研究。 这个词的早期历史说明了日耳曼各民族向罗马帝国较先进文化的借鉴。Ancora 作为 anchor 一词的拉丁语来源，被借入几种日耳曼语言， 包括古英语和古德语，说明当日耳曼各民族最早同罗马帝国有往来时借用便开始了。如果anchor 的早先历史显示了落后文化向先进文化借鉴的话， 这个词的后期历史则表明了意义上的错误变动。拉丁词ancora 来自希腊语中的 ankura ， 但有时拼写成anchora 是因为同其它希腊词进行了错误的比较， 在希腊语中发k的音都拼写成ch 。 4世纪熟悉拉丁拼法的英国作家们将ch 插入词中， 而不使用k 或 c, 这样就给后来许多初学英语者的拼写造成了困难