weigh anchor
起锚,拔锚,称锚,拔锚称重
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Definitions
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- : any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- : any similar device for holding fast or checking motion:an anchor of stones.
- : any device for securing a suspension or cantilever bridge at either end.
- : any of various devices, as a metal tie, for binding one part of a structure to another.
- : a person or thing that can be relied on for support, stability, or security; mainstay: Hope was his only anchor.
- : Also anchorman. Radio and Television. a person who is the main broadcaster on a program of news, sports, etc., and who usually also serves as coordinator of all participating broadcasters during the program; anchorman or anchorwoman; anchorperson.
- : Television. a program that attracts many viewers who are likely to stay tuned to the network for the programs that follow.
- : Also called anchor store . a well-known store, especially a department store, that attracts customers to the shopping center in which it is located.
- : Slang. automotive brakes.
- : Military. a key position in defense lines.
- : Also anchorman. Sports. the person on a team, especially a relay team, who competes last.the person farthest to the rear on a tug-of-war team.
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- : to hold fast by an anchor.
- : to fix or fasten; affix firmly: The button was anchored to the cloth with heavy thread.
- : to act or serve as an anchor for: He anchored the evening news.
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- : to drop anchor; lie or ride at anchor: The ship anchored at dawn.
- : to keep hold or be firmly fixed: The insect anchored fast to its prey.
- : Sports, Radio and Television. to act or serve as an anchor.
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The ongoing campaign utilized primarily PageRank-passing guest blogs with commercial, hard anchor texts.
A wave of retail bankruptcies — including of some of Simon’s most important mall anchors and tenants, such as the department store chains JCPenney and Neiman Marcus — is adding to the pressure.
He spent a year growing that following, throwing everything he had into a career as an online creator with the app as his anchor.
But, you have less control over the anchor text or the article’s content.
Short floating attachment anchors sprouted from the dice, like an octopus’s arms, each chemically fused to an antigen protein.
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.
“When immigrants hear ‘anchor babies,’ they hear ‘they hate us,’” says Sharry.
“Tom Brokaw would anchor for hours on end for breaking news events and things like that,” Roker says.
At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.
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.
At eight o'clock the next morning we got underweigh; but the Dick in weighing her anchor found both flukes broken off.