起锚 meaning in English
weigh anchor; set sail; unmoor; heave-ho
Examples
- The ship is about to weigh anchor .
船将起锚。 - "they are heaving anchor!" said one of the boatmen to the other .
他们已经在起锚了！”一个船夫对另一个说。 - I ordered the chain, which we had begun to heave in, to be paid out again .
我下令把刚刚起锚拉起的锁链再重新放回去。 - Shortly afterwards admiral harwood learnt that the ship was weighing anchor .
嗣后不久，哈伍德海军上将获悉船在起锚了。 - I learned that he was incapable of much exertion: even pulling up the anchor seemed to exhaust him .
我发觉他不能过分操劳，甚至起锚似乎都累得筋疲力竭。