anchor

ancre

Objet lourd en métal descendu dans l’eau pour maintenir un bateau au même endroit.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : drop anchor, raise anchor, at anchor, lower anchor

présentateur de journal

Personne qui présente une émission d’information à la télévision ou à la radio.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : news presenter, newscaster

Expressions courantes : news anchor, television anchor, anchor desk

ancrer, mouiller

Maintenir un bateau au même endroit en descendant une ancre dans l’eau.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : anchor in something (We anchored in a quiet bay.); anchor off something (The ship anchored off the coast.)

Synonymes : moor

Expressions courantes : anchor a boat, anchor offshore, anchor in something