anchor
/ˈaŋkə/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
an - chor -> anchor
(n) ကျောက်ဆူး။ ကျောက်။ မှီခို အားထားရာ။ မှီတွယ်ရာ။ (v) ကျောက်ချသည်။
anchor /'æŋkǝ(r)/ n
၁။ ကျောက်ဆူး။ ကျောက်။ They brought the boat into the harbour and dropped/cast (the) anchor. ❍ lie/ride at anchor (ie be held in a position by the anchor) ❍ We weighed anchor (ie lifted it out of the water to start sailing) shortly before midday.
၂။ မှီခို အားထားရာ။ မှီတွယ်ရာ။ Without the anchor of family support I would never have survived the ordeal.
v
၁။ ကျောက်ချသည်။ We anchored (our boat) close to the shore.
၂။ ဆိုင်းတွယ်ထားသည်။ ထိုင်ထားသည်။ anchor a trailer at each end when it is not in use ❍ Get your foot anchored around something to prevent you overbalancing.
၃။ ~ sth/sb (in/to sth) အခြေပြုသည်။ ချိတ်တွယ် ထားသည်။ ထိန်းမတ်ပေးသည်။ Her poetry is anchored in everyday experience. ❍ an exchange rate mechanism anchored to the German Bundesbank ❍ His score of 85 helped to anchor the Australian innings.
❏ anchorage /'æŋkǝrÇdʒ/ n ကျောက်ချရပ်နားရာ။
- [at anchor] : Luxury yachts at anchor in the port
- [drop anchor] : We dropped anchor off the coast of Norway.
- She’s been lured away from ABC News to become anchor of a new nightly current affairs show.
- The exchange rate should be an anchor in inflation control.
- Bates is the emotional anchor of the film.
- The development has Marks and Spencer as the anchor store.
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