1. 锚
    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.

2. 抛锚；使停泊
    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.

    e.g. We could anchor off the pier...
           我们可以在码头附近下锚停泊。
    e.g. They anchored the boat.
           他们抛锚停船。

3. 把…系住；使稳住；使固定
    If you anchor an object somewhere, you fix it to something to prevent it moving from that place.

    e.g. The roots anchor the plant in the earth...
           根部使植物固定在土壤中。
    e.g. The child seat belt was not properly anchored to the car.
           儿童坐椅的安全带并未在车上固定到位。

4. 固定桩；系缚物；支柱；靠山
    If one thing is the anchor for something else, it makes that thing stable and secure.

anchor

    e.g. He provided an emotional anchor for her...
           他是她的精神支柱。
    e.g. He remains the anchor of the country's fragile political balance.
           他仍然是维系该国脆弱的政治平衡的支柱。

5. 与…有紧密联系;使扎根;使固守
    If something is anchored in something or to something, it has strong links with it.

anchor

    e.g. A united Germany must be firmly anchored in NATO if Europe is to remain stable...
           欧洲要保持稳定，德国必须统一并固守北约。
    e.g. His basic outlook remains anchored in the liberal tradition.
           他的基本观念依旧扎根于自由主义传统。

6. 主持（电视或电台节目，尤指新闻节目）
    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 which come from other places or studios.

    e.g. Viewers saw him anchoring a five-minute summary of regional news.
           观众看见他主持一个5分钟的地方新闻摘要节目。
    e.g. ...a series of cassettes on the Vietnam War, anchored by Mr. Cronkite.
           克朗凯特先生主持的关于越南战争的系列节目录像带

7. （尤指新闻节目的）电（视）台节目主持人
    The anchor on a television or radio programme, especially a news programme, is the person who presents it.

    e.g. He worked in the news division of ABC — he was the anchor of its 15-minute evening newscast.
           他在美国广播公司的新闻部工作——他是晚间15分钟新闻播报的主持人。

8. （船）抛着锚，停泊着
    If a boat is at anchor, it is floating in a particular place and is prevented from moving by its anchor.

    e.g. Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.
           帆船停泊在狭窄的水道上。

9. 抛锚;下锚
    When the people on a boat drop anchor or cast anchor, they drop the boat's anchor into the water in order to prevent the boat from moving.

    e.g. We dropped anchor in a sheltered spot.
           我们在一个能够遮风挡雨的地方下了锚。

10. 起锚；启航
    When the people on a boat weigh anchor or up anchor, they pull the anchor of the boat out of the water so that they can sail away.