| 单词 | anchorage |
| 释义 | anchorage /ang"keuhr ij/, n. 1. that portion of a harbor or area outside a harbor suitable for anchoring or in which ships are permitted to anchor. 2. a charge for occupying such an area. 3. the act of anchoring or the state of being anchored. 4. that to which anything is fastened. 5. a means of anchoring or making fast. 6. something that can be relied on: The Bible is her anchorage. 7. (in a suspension bridge) a massive masonry or concrete construction securing a cable at each end. 8. Dentistry. a. an abutment. b. the locking in of a tooth filling by means of an undercut. [1400-50; late ME ankerage. See ANCHOR, -AGE] |
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