English Dictionary

anchor

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈæŋ.kə/

名詞

インターネット 比喩的用法 アメリカ英語 廃用 俗語

(nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

日本語の意味

船舶を固定するために海底に下ろして使用する器具、すなわち「錨」としての意味

The captain ordered the crew to drop the anchor before the storm reached the harbor.

嵐が港に到達する前に、船長は乗組員に錨を下ろすよう命じた。

意味（1）

(nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.

意味（2）

(nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).

意味（3）

(nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)

意味（4）

(heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.

意味（5）

Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.

意味（6）

(Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.

意味（7）

(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.

Condoleezza Rice pops up on Fox to be told by the anchor: “When you invade a sovereign nation, that is a war crime.”

意味（8）

(athletics) The final runner in a relay race.

意味（9）

(archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.

意味（10）

(economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.

Supermarkets have also had to adjust. Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have put a much greater emphasis on developing smaller high street stores or becoming anchors for mixed-used regeneration schemes […]

意味（11）

(figuratively) That which gives stability or security.

which hope we have as an anchor of the soul

意味（12）

(architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.

意味（13）

(US) A screw anchor.

意味（14）

(architecture) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.

意味（15）

One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.

意味（16）

One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.

意味（17）

(cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.

意味（18）

(obsolete) An anchorite or anchoress.

Nor earth to me give food, nor heaven light, / Sport and repose lock from me day and night, / To desperation turn my trust and hope, / An anchor's cheer in prison be my scope.

意味（19）

(slang) The brake of a vehicle.

I saw Tim look back through the rear window of the cab and prayed he wouldn't do the first thing that came into his mind and step on the anchors.

意味（20）

(soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.

Phil Foden once again demonstrated his pedigree and will push for a start, while Leeds United's Kalvin Phillips will hope he has done enough to get a chance as a defensive midfield anchor if Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson fails to recover full fitness after groin surgery.

意味（21）

(climbing) A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.

anchors （ plural ）