Anchor

Definition

anchor /'æŋkǝ(r)/ n ၁။ ေက်ာက္ဆူး။ ေက်ာက္။ 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။ မီွခို အားထားရာ။ မီွတြယ္ရာ။ Without the anchor of family support I would never have survived the ordeal. v ၁။ ေက်ာက္ခ်သည္။ We anchored (our boat) close to the shore. ၂။ ဆိုင္းတြယ္ထားသည္။ ထိုင္ထားသည္။ 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) အေျချပဳသည္။ ခ်ိတ္တြယ္ ထားသည္။ ထိန္းမတ္ေပးသည္။ 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 ေက်ာက္ခ်ရပ္နားရာ။

Examples

1. [at anchor] : Luxury yachts at anchor in the port
2. [drop anchor] : We dropped anchor off the coast of Norway.
3. She’s been lured away from ABC News to become anchor of a new nightly current affairs show.
4. The exchange rate should be an anchor in inflation control.
5. Bates is the emotional anchor of the film.
6. The development has Marks and Spencer as the anchor store.