英语词汇“anchor chain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

anchor chain n. (a) a chain attached to an anchor, by which the anchor is lowered or raised from a ship, airship, etc.; a length or type of chain suitable for this; (b) a chain used as an anchor or that holds something in place.In sense (a), sometimes referring to a short length of chain attached at one end to the anchor and at the other to a rope, for ease of handling (the chain being better able to withstand friction against sharp obstacles on the sea bed).

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable > formed of chain

anchor chain1651

chain-cable1830

1651 tr. Virgil in tr. P. Ramus Dialectica i. vii, in Compend. Art of Logick & Rhetorick in Eng. Tongue 14 Vnder which rock a den's made very fleet, Wherein's rich living stones and waters sweet, Houses for Nymphs and chains for ships there laid, Which would not by the Anchor chains be staid.

1775 Public Advertiser 26 June The Anchor of the City Navigation-barge got foul of the Anchor-chain of a Sailing-boat, but no Damage ensued.

1819 New Monthly Mag. Dec. 545/1 The great hammer employed for making anchors and anchor-chains is particularly worthy of notice.

1856 Encycl. Brit. XII. 590/1 The ends of the cables [of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge] are attached to cast-iron shoes, in each of which is inserted a wrought-iron pin which forms the connection with the anchor chains. These anchor chains are each imbedded in a solid shaft of masonry.

1878 Specif. & Drawings Patents (U.S. Patent Office) 23 July 1019/2 The stump-chain being secured around a stump, root, or the like, the anchor-chain is secured to any convenient fixed structure in reach, such as a tree, rock, &c.

1919 Music Trades 12 July 5/1 When the anchor chains of the British dirigible R-34 are lifted in preparation for the return trip to England there will be placed on board..a new Columbia Gramophone and..records.

1989 Cruising World June 56/1 (heading) For strength and convenience, join your nylon rode to your anchor chain with a simple splice.

2018 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 24 Jan. 3 Wellington City Council has warned trying to flip over the diving pontoon in Oriental Bay can be dangerous. ‘Imagine hundreds of kilograms of platform with an anchor chain and handrail toppling down on you.’

单词	anchor chain
释义	> as lemmas anchor chain anchor chain n. (a) a chain attached to an anchor, by which the anchor is lowered or raised from a ship, airship, etc.; a length or type of chain suitable for this; (b) a chain used as an anchor or that holds something in place.In sense (a), sometimes referring to a short length of chain attached at one end to the anchor and at the other to a rope, for ease of handling (the chain being better able to withstand friction against sharp obstacles on the sea bed). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable > formed of chain anchor chain1651 chain-cable1830 1651 tr. Virgil in tr. P. Ramus Dialectica i. vii, in Compend. Art of Logick & Rhetorick in Eng. Tongue 14 Vnder which rock a den's made very fleet, Wherein's rich living stones and waters sweet, Houses for Nymphs and chains for ships there laid, Which would not by the Anchor chains be staid. 1775 Public Advertiser 26 June The Anchor of the City Navigation-barge got foul of the Anchor-chain of a Sailing-boat, but no Damage ensued. 1819 New Monthly Mag. Dec. 545/1 The great hammer employed for making anchors and anchor-chains is particularly worthy of notice. 1856 Encycl. Brit. XII. 590/1 The ends of the cables [of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge] are attached to cast-iron shoes, in each of which is inserted a wrought-iron pin which forms the connection with the anchor chains. These anchor chains are each imbedded in a solid shaft of masonry. 1878 Specif. & Drawings Patents (U.S. Patent Office) 23 July 1019/2 The stump-chain being secured around a stump, root, or the like, the anchor-chain is secured to any convenient fixed structure in reach, such as a tree, rock, &c. 1919 Music Trades 12 July 5/1 When the anchor chains of the British dirigible R-34 are lifted in preparation for the return trip to England there will be placed on board..a new Columbia Gramophone and..records. 1989 Cruising World June 56/1 (heading) For strength and convenience, join your nylon rode to your anchor chain with a simple splice. 2018 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 24 Jan. 3 Wellington City Council has warned trying to flip over the diving pontoon in Oriental Bay can be dangerous. ‘Imagine hundreds of kilograms of platform with an anchor chain and handrail toppling down on you.’ extracted from anchorn.¹ < as lemmas
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