drop anchor

TTWto lower a boat’s anchor to the bottom of the sea, a lake etc so that the boat does not float away 落锚，下锚

Examples from the Corpus

drop anchor• While Pottz tacked to and fro energetically seeking out the elusive peak, Richie dropped anchor and contemplated the horizon.• The ship finally dropped anchor at a beautiful isle of the Marquesas.• On June 9,1741, the Centurion dropped anchor at last at Juan Fernandez.• Clayt was forced to drop anchor in open water.• Everybody said that Floyd Johnson probably dropped anchor somewhere to wait to the next day instead of coming in in the fog.• We dropped anchor there, and the fishermen disappeared back into harbour, leaving us to our fate.

→ drop anchor at drop1(16)

单词	drop anchor
释义	drop anchor drop anchor TTWto lower a boat’s anchor to the bottom of the sea, a lake etc so that the boat does not float away 落锚，下锚 Examples from the Corpus drop anchor• While Pottz tacked to and fro energetically seeking out the elusive peak, Richie dropped anchor and contemplated the horizon.• The ship finally dropped anchor at a beautiful isle of the Marquesas.• On June 9,1741, the Centurion dropped anchor at last at Juan Fernandez.• Clayt was forced to drop anchor in open water.• Everybody said that Floyd Johnson probably dropped anchor somewhere to wait to the next day instead of coming in in the fog.• We dropped anchor there, and the fishermen disappeared back into harbour, leaving us to our fate. → drop anchor at drop1(16)
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