开放锚地 meaning in English

open anchorage

At south - west , for seven or eight days , during which time a great many ships from newcastle came into the same roads , as the common harbour where the ships might wait for a wind for the river
在此期间，许多从纽卡斯尔来的船只也都到这一开放锚地停泊，因为这儿是海上来往必经的港口，船只都在这儿等候顺风，驶入耶尔河。
But his hope of mine was soon taken away ; for when he went to sea , he left me on shoar to look after his little garden , and do the common drudgery of slaves about his house ; and when he came home again from his cruise , he order d me to lye in the cabbin to look after the ship
这一次，我主人在家里呆的时间比以往长。据说是因为手头缺钱，他没有为自己的船配备出航所必需的设备。在这段时间里，他经常坐一只舢舨去港口外的开放锚地捕鱼每星期至少一两次，天气好的话，去的次数更多一些。