English translation for "sheet anchor"
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- 1.【航海】(船首的)副锚;紧急备用大锚。
2.紧急时的靠山;最后的依靠;最后手段。
Related Translations:
anchor: n.1.挂锚;锚状物。2.桩,支架。3.〔比喻〕依靠。4.【体育】一队运动员中最后参加比赛的人;殿后的人〔如接力赛中跑最后一棒的人〕。5.〔美俚〕(卡车的)紧急煞车器。短语和例子a bower [kedge] anchor 中[小]锚。 a sheet anchor 1. 〔古语〕主锚。 2. 〔比喻〕希望,靠山。 be [lie, ride] at anchor 停泊着,
- Example Sentences:
| 1. | We have trusted to it as to the sheet anchor of our safety in the stormy times of conflict with a foreign or domestic foe . 在与国外或国内敌人发生冲突的危急时期,我们依赖它为我们的安全巨锚。 | | 2. | I have a small income from share , which is my sheet anchor if my business shall fail 我有点股票收入,万一生意赔了还有个退步。 | | 3. | By noon the sea went very high indeed , and our ship rid forecastle in , shipp d several seas , and we thought once or twice our anchor had come home ; upon which our master order d out the sheet anchor ; so that we rode with two anchors a - head , and the cables vered out to the better end 我们的船头好几次钻入水中,打进了很多水。有一两次,我们以为脱了船锚,因此,船长下令放下备用大锚。这样,我们在船头下了两个锚,并把锚索放到最长的限度。 |
- Similar Words:
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