anchor Signification, définition

Signification de anchor en français

• 0 a weight to stop ships floating away -- ancre [ feminine ]

  • to drop anchor jeter l’ancre

• 1 a person who reads the news on television -- présentateur/-trice [ masculine-feminine ]

  • the anchor on the local nightly news le présentateur du journal local du soir

• 2 to drop an anchor in order to hold a boat in place -- jeter l’ancre

  • a ship anchored a mile off the coast un navire ancré à un mille au large de la côte

• 3 to read the news on television -- présenter

  • She anchors a national news show. Elle présente un journal national.

• 4 to attach sth to prevent any movement -- arrimer

  • pegs to anchor the tent des piquets pour arrimer la tente

• 5 something, usually a heavy piece of metal with points which dig into the seabed, used to hold a boat in one position -- ancre

  • a safe place to drop anchor.

• 6 something that holds someone or something steady. -- attache

• 7 to hold (a boat etc) steady (with an anchor) -- ancrer

  • They have anchored (the boat) near the shore

  • He used a stone to anchor his papers.