anchor

錨

船を同じ場所にとどめるため、水中に下ろす重い金属の道具。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： drop anchor, raise anchor, at anchor, lower anchor

ニュースキャスター

テレビやラジオのニュース番組を進行する人。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： news presenter, newscaster

よく使う表現： news anchor, television anchor, anchor desk

投錨する、錨を下ろす

錨を水中に下ろして、船を同じ場所にとどめる。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： anchor in something (We anchored in a quiet bay.); anchor off something (The ship anchored off the coast.)

類義語： moor

よく使う表現： anchor a boat, anchor offshore, anchor in something