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单词 up-anchor
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Definition of up-anchor in English:

up-anchor

verb
[no object]
  • (of a ship) weigh anchor.

    the entire fleet up-anchored and sailed to a point nearer the entrance to the lagoon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Steve up-anchored and obliged, taking us closer inshore to drop anchor on top of a wreck where the lads caught pouting three at a time.
    • Many handshakes were shared before we up-anchored and headed back to port.
    • I up-anchored and motored across to this person.
    • By 3.30 we'd had enough so up-anchored and motored down to the railway bridge to another ‘hot-spot’ Chad had marked out for us.
    • Fifteen minutes later we up-anchored to follow it because Billy was running out of line!

Rhymes

anchor, banker, Bianca, canker, Casablanca, Costa Blanca, flanker, franker, hanker, lingua franca, Lubyanka, rancour (US rancor), ranker, Salamanca, spanker, Sri Lanka, tanka, tanker
 
 

Definition of up-anchor in US English:

up-anchor

verbˈˌəp ˈaNGkərˈˌəp ˈæŋkər
[no object]
  • (of a ship) weigh anchor.

    the entire fleet up-anchored and sailed to a point nearer the entrance to the lagoon
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I up-anchored and motored across to this person.
    • By 3.30 we'd had enough so up-anchored and motored down to the railway bridge to another ‘hot-spot’ Chad had marked out for us.
    • Many handshakes were shared before we up-anchored and headed back to port.
    • Steve up-anchored and obliged, taking us closer inshore to drop anchor on top of a wreck where the lads caught pouting three at a time.
    • Fifteen minutes later we up-anchored to follow it because Billy was running out of line!
 
 
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