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drift anchor

漂流锚,漂泊锚,漂移锚,漂流船锚

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sea anchor or drag.

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Examples

  • Removing choice is bullying and seems a horrid basis on which to anchor your relationship.

  • She added: “NBC News is proud to have David in the important anchor chair of ‘Meet the Press.’ ”

  • Have a kid here –what some pejoratively refer to as an “anchor baby” – and it is tougher to be deported.

  • Is he the type of character who would ever join the group permanently, or is he more of a drift-in, drift-out kind of guy?

  • “When immigrants hear ‘anchor babies,’ they hear ‘they hate us,’” says Sharry.

  • At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.

  • They stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea-drift, to ask for water.

  • We embarked on the evening of the 28th of June, and weighed anchor before daybreak of the 29th.

  • After you have repeated the Correlation, then repeat the two extremes, thus—“Anchor” … “Bolster.”

  • On the 2nd of July, we again attempted to weigh anchor, but with no better success than the day before.