anchor 앵커 . 닻, 뉴스 앵커, 든든한 지원자, 앵커 스토어, 계주 마지막 주자

to be firmly based on a particular set of ideas or beliefs
Their approach is firmly anchored in a Christian world view.

 

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anchor - a heavy object that is dropped into the water to prevent a boat from moving at anchor 

(=held still using an anchor):

 luxury yachts at anchor in the port drop anchor: 

We dropped anchor off the coast of Norway. 

 

 2 someone who presents a television or radio programme, especially the news

 She’s been lured away from ABC News to become anchor of a new nightly current affairs show. 

 

3 someone or something that is strong and reliable, and so makes people feel safe and confident.

 

The exchange rate should be an anchor in inflation control.

Bates is the emotional anchor of the film.

 

 

4 ​BUSINESS

an important shop or business that attracts other businesses to the area where it is

 

The development has Marks and Spencer as the anchor store.

 

 

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anchor-: a heavy device that is attached to a boat or ship by a rope or chain and that is thrown into the water to hold the boat or ship in place.

 

The ship dropped anchor in a secluded harbor. Several yachts stood/sat/rode at anchor

[=were held in place by an anchor] in the harbor. The crew weighed anchor

[=lifted the anchor] and prepared to sail.

 

2: a person or thing that provides strength and support

 

a star quarterback who has been the anchor

힘을 불어넣어 주고 지원해주는 사람 혹은 사물 

 

[=the most important part] of a football team's offense for many years

 

He described his wife as the emotional anchor of his life.

 

a local bank that has been the financial anchor of the community

 

3: a large store that attracts customers and other businesses to an area (such as a shopping mall) an anchor store.

 

 a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom 

 

2: a reliable or principal support : MAINSTAY 

 

a quarterback who has been the anchor of the team's offense

 

 3: something that serves to hold an object firmly a bolt-and-nut cable anchor 

 

4: an object shaped like a ship's anchor

 

 5: a broadcaster (as on a news program) who introduces reports by other broadcasters and usually reads the news : an anchorman or anchorwoman a TV news anchor 

 

6: the member of a team (such as a relay team) that competes last 

 

7: a large business (such as a department store) that attracts customers and other businesses to a shopping center or mall

 

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mountaineering : a fixed object (such as a tree or a piton) to which a climber's