anchor

n. 锚；抛锚停泊；靠山；新闻节目主播

vt. 抛锚；使固定；主持节目

vi. 抛锚

adj. 末棒的；最后一棒的

中文词源

anchor 抛锚

同ankle, 弯钩，脚踝，锚。

anchor: anchor: [OE] English borrowed this word from Latin in the 9th century, but its ultimate source is Greek ágkūra (which goes back to an Indo- European base *angg- ‘bent’, also the source of angle and ankle). Originally it was spelled ancor, reflecting Latin ancora; the inauthentic h began to creep in in the 16th century, in imitation of the learned-looking but misguided Latin spelling anchora.
=> angle, ankle
anchor (n.): Old English ancor, borrowed 9c. from Latin ancora "anchor," from or cognate with Greek ankyra "anchor, hook" (see ankle). A very early borrowing and said to be the only Latin nautical term used in the Germanic languages. The -ch- form emerged late 16c., a pedantic imitation of a corrupt spelling of the Latin word. The figurative sense of "that which gives stability or security" is from late 14c. Meaning "host or presenter of a TV or radio program" is from 1965, short for anchorman.
anchor (v.): c. 1200, from anchor (n.). Related: Anchored; anchoring.

1. 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。

3. NATO remains the United States' chief institutional anchor in Europe.: 北大西洋公约组织仍然是美国在欧洲首要的支柱机构。