anchor

• n.アンカー; 錨泊; 停泊地; 錨; ニュース番組のアンカー
• vt.錨を下ろす；確保する；番組の錨を下ろす
• vi. 錨を下ろす
• adj.最後の蝙蝠；最後の蝙蝠

アンクル、クローク、アンクル、アンカーと同じ。

anchor

anchor: [OE] English borrowed this word from Latin in the 9th century, but its ultimate source is Greek ágkūra (which goes back to an Indo- European base *angg- ‘bent’, also the source of angle and ankle). Originally it was spelled ancor, reflecting Latin ancora; the inauthentic h began to creep in in the 16th century, in imitation of the learned-looking but misguided Latin spelling anchora.
=> angle, ankle

anchor (n.)

Old English ancor, borrowed 9c. from Latin ancora "anchor," from or cognate with Greek ankyra "anchor, hook" (see ankle). A very early borrowing and said to be the only Latin nautical term used in the Germanic languages. The -ch- form emerged late 16c., a pedantic imitation of a corrupt spelling of the Latin word. The figurative sense of "that which gives stability or security" is from late 14c. Meaning "host or presenter of a TV or radio program" is from 1965, short for anchorman.

anchor (v.)

c. 1200, from anchor (n.). Related: Anchored; anchoring.

1. He remains the anchor of the country 's fragile political balance.

彼は依然として同国の脆弱な政治的バランスを維持するための柱である。

2.Sailing boats lay at anchor in the narrow waterway.

帆船が狭い水路に停泊している。

3.NATO remains the United States 'chief institutional anchor in Europe.

北大西洋条約機構は依然として米国が欧州で最も重要な柱機構である。

4.Secure the anchor by lashing it to the rail.

手すりにアンカーを結び付けて結び付ける。

5.He provided an emotional anchor for her.

彼は彼女の精神的支柱である。