A heavy object attached to a vessel by a cable or rope and cast overboard to keep the vessel in place either by its weight or by its flukes, which grip the bottom.
파생어
anchorage [명] anchorless [형]
예문
1. a bower anchor (큰 닻, 이물 닻) 2. a foul anchor (닻줄이 휘감긴 닻) 3. a kedge anchor (작은 닻) 4. The ship anchored in the harbor. (배는 항구에 닻을 내렸다) 5. The suckerfish anchored fast to the whale. (빨판상어는 고래에 꽉 달라붙어 있었다)
