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单词 anchor leg
释义

anchor /angˈkər/

noun
  1. An implement for mooring a ship by holding it to the bottom, for holding a balloon to the ground, or for any similar purpose
  2. Anything that gives stability or security (figurative)
  3. (in pl) the brakes of a vehicle (informal)
  4. A short form of anchor man
transitive verb
  1. To fix by an anchor
  2. To fasten
  3. To act as anchor man in (an activity)
intransitive verb
  1. To cast anchor
  2. To stop or rest
ORIGIN: OE ancor, from L ancora; cf Gr ankȳra, from ankos a bend; connected with angle1

anchˈorage noun

  1. The act of anchoring
  2. A place of or for anchoring
  3. A set of anchors (Shakespeare)
  4. Rest or support to the mind (figurative)
  5. Duty imposed for anchoring

anchˈorless adjective

Anchor Boys plural noun

The most junior section of the Boys' Brigade

anchor buoy noun

A buoy indicating the position of an anchor

anchor escapement or anchor recoil escapement noun

A clock escapement in which the pallets push the escape wheel slightly backwards at the end of each swing, causing a recoil of the pendulum

anchˈor-hold noun

  1. The hold of an anchor upon the ground
  2. Security (figurative)

anchˈor-ice noun

Ground ice

anchor leg noun

The last stage of a relay race

anchor man or anchor noun

  1. The man at the back of a team in a tug-of-war
  2. The man who runs the last stage of a relay race
  3. (also anchˈor-man) a person on whom the success of an activity depends, esp, on television, the person responsible for smooth running of a dialogue or discussion between or among others

anchor plate noun

A heavy, usu steel, plate set into the ground or foundations to which bracing for a structure is fixed

anchˈor-ring noun

A solid generated by the revolution of a circle about an axis in its plane but not cutting it and not passing through its centre

anchˈor-stock noun

The crossbar of an anchor, which causes one or other of the flukes to turn to the bottom

anchor string noun (mining)

A length of casing run into the top of wells and often cemented in to prevent a blow-out

at anchor

Anchored

cast anchor

To let down the anchor

ride at anchor

To be anchored

weigh anchor

To take up the anchor

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