anchor

ancora

Oggetto pesante di metallo calato in acqua per tenere una barca ferma nello stesso posto.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: drop anchor, raise anchor, at anchor, lower anchor

conduttore del telegiornale

Persona che presenta un programma di notizie in televisione o alla radio.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: news presenter, newscaster

Espressioni comuni: news anchor, television anchor, anchor desk

ancorare

Tenere una barca ferma in un punto calando un’ancora in acqua.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: moor

Espressioni comuni: anchor a boat, anchor offshore, anchor in something