anchor

ancla

Objeto pesado de metal que se baja al agua para mantener un barco en su sitio.

En inglés sencillo: A heavy metal object lowered into water to keep a boat in one place.

• The boat has a heavy anchor.
• They dropped anchor near the island.
• We raised the anchor before sunrise.

Expresiones frecuentes: drop anchor, raise anchor, at anchor, lower anchor

presentador de noticias

Persona que presenta un programa de noticias en televisión o radio.

En inglés sencillo: A person who presents a news programme on television or radio.

• The anchor introduced the next story.
• She became a news anchor last year.
• Both anchors interviewed the mayor live.

Sinónimos: news presenter, newscaster

Expresiones frecuentes: news anchor, television anchor, anchor desk

anclar, fondear

Mantener un barco en un lugar bajando un ancla al agua.

En inglés sencillo: To keep a boat in one place by lowering a heavy device into the water.

• We anchor here every summer.
• They anchored the boat near the beach.
• The ship was anchored in deep water.

Cómo se usa: anchor in something (We anchored in a quiet bay.); anchor off something (The ship anchored off the coast.)

Sinónimos: moor

Expresiones frecuentes: anchor a boat, anchor offshore, anchor in something