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单词 anchored
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anchoredadj.

Brit. /ˈaŋkəd/, U.S. /ˈæŋkərd/
Forms: 1500s ancored, 1500s ancred, 1500s ankerd, 1500s–1600s anckred, 1600s ankored, 1600s– anchored, 1700s ankred.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: anchor n.1, -ed suffix2; anchor v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < anchor n.1 + -ed suffix2, originally after Middle French ancré (in heraldry, of a cross) having anchors at the end of the limbs (1456 or earlier; French ancré ), and partly (in senses 2 and 3) < anchor v. + -ed suffix1.
1. Shaped like, or having parts that resemble, an anchor, esp. in having two spreading points resembling the flukes of an anchor; (Heraldry and Numismatics) (of a cross) provided with anchor-like points at the end of the limbs.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [adjective] > other types of cross
anchored1525
urdee1562
resarcelée1586
resarcelled1586
quarterly pierced1662
patriarchal1682
anserated1688
aquilated1688
globical1688
recercelée1688
quadrate1780
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxvii. f. cclxxviiv/2 A penon of his armes, of syluer a crosse sable ancored [Fr. vne noire croix ancree], called in armure, the yron of a mylstone.
1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 54 An ancred crosse of sables.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. F5 With scornfull hisse, shooting her anchor'd tongue.
1653 A. Ross Πανσεβεια xi. 381 They wear on their cloaks an anchored Cross, embroydered with white Sattin.
1745 Woolhouse's Treat. Cataract & Glaucoma iv. 27 This is quite another sort of creature,..with an anchored or forked tail.
?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. X4/2 It is called a cross anchored because its extremities turn back like the flukes of an anchor.
1954 Athenian Agora 2 75 Andronicus with cross/Cross anchored.
2006 R. Abdy & G. Williams in B. Cook & G. Williams Coinage & Hist. North Sea World 20 Rev. [C]ISELEHOMON anchored cross.
2.
a. Of a vessel: secured by an anchor; that has its anchor lowered to the seabed. Of a balloon or airship: secured to the ground by an anchor.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [adjective] > anchoring or anchored
anchored1576
anchoring1598
grippled1606
1576 in R. Edwards Paradyse Daynty Deuises sig. Eiiii Dost thou delight, the unkindled cole to blowe? Or childelike louest, in anckred bote to rowe?
a1687 E. Waller Maid's Trag. Alter'd (1690) 42 Like a well-twisted cable, holding fast The anchor'd vessel.
1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad ii. 81 The painted barges swept the flood, Where, proudly gay, the anchored navy rode.
1835 W. R. Wilson Rec. Route France & Italy xi. 147 A painter can do do more than place us in an anchored bark, and show us the bay from that fixed point of view.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 7 A tall ship lying anchored in the moonlight.
1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby i. 10 An enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon.
2002 Times 5 Apr. 22/4 Rooms in private homes will be available, officials say, plus cabins in anchored cruise ships.
b. Physically held or fixed in place; securely fastened or attached.Also (and in earliest use) in well-anchored.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective]
fastOE
sickera1400
branded1535
holdfast1567
firm1600
defixed1652
tight1687
anchored1789
well-reeved1812
hardfast1878
hand-tight1881
1789 E. Hewgill tr. J. G. Tielke Field Engineer I. ii. ix. 245 They [sc. defensive earthworks] ought to have a good and well-anchored revetement of fascines.
1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden I. i. 121 The anchor'd Pinna, and his Cancer-friend.
1845 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 12 Apr. 239/2 They [sc. an oyster and a mussel] were securely anchored to stones.
1866 Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 30 Aug. 5/5 The building is so well anchored and tied that we consider it perfectly safe.
1887 Amer. Architect & Building News 2 July 8/1 Use the height of story (that is, height between anchored beams in feet).
1915 Standard Cycl. Hort. III. 1379/1 Tighten the wire by turning the patent stretcher on the anchored posts.
1973 Scouting May 84/3 Stitch the anchored badge.
2012 J. Johung Replacing Home ii. 50 Northridge chose an unseen square lot..large enough only for an anchored pole.
3. figurative. Rooted or entrenched in a particular place or situation; having a firm basis or foundation; safe, secure.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or secure
sickerc897
safec1325
surec1330
safea1393
sover1396
traistya1400
exempta1420
undangeredc1460
surec1475
cocksurea1529
sound1535
jeopardless1549
dangerless?1555
secure1572
secure1576
defensible1581
unobnoxious?1609
unendangereda1658
rug1705
anchored1878
1601 Song of Mary Mother of Christ 16 They learne to haue a fast beliefe, And anchored hope.
1671 E. Howard Womens Conquest i. ii. 28 True love is soon confirm'd; but in that Brest Suspicion storms, it ne're can anchor'd rest.
1742 Epis. W. Pultney 2 Can no reversing Surge, no adverse Wind O'erset the Ballast of thy anchor'd Mind?
a1788 R. Colvill Epithalamium i, in Poet. Wks. (1789) i. 64 Long may your noble race In Albion's isle preside,..our anchor'd hope, In peace, in war, their country's stable prop.
1833 Sc. Pulpit 14 Dec. 115/2 They pass through the world without any fixed or determinate course..trusting to an anchored state they never reach.
1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein II. 30 Stein wore the look of one anchored and secure.
1921 R. Macaulay Dangerous Ages iv. 80 The door closed after Nan, shutting in the friends and their friendship and their anchored peace.
2011 Church Times 28 Jan. 18/4 The Gilbertine houses..remained anchored within the Church rather than the monastic orders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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