drop anchor

1. Because there was no wind, the small boats pulled the ship three or four miles round the island, to a safe place to drop the anchor. I went in one of them.
   因为没有风，我们用小船拖着大船在岛的周围绕了三四英里，到一个安全的地方下锚。我上了其中一只小船。
2. The car that I rent drop anchor after five kilometers are driven.
   我租的车行驶五公里后抛锚了。
3. But to maintain fast growth as the labour market tightens, China's floating population will have to drop anchor.
   但在劳动力市场持续紧缩的情况下，为了维持经济的高速增长，中国的流动人口需要安定下来。
4. Ships from all points of the compass would drop anchor here at the main port of London.
   从四面八方而来的船只，都将停泊在这个伦敦的重要港口。
5. On the shore children still play, and fishermen drop anchor nearby, but the hulks of derelict hotels stand vacant.
   海滨，孩子们依然在玩，而渔民已经在附近抛下了锚，但是被抛弃的旅馆的废壳空空的矗立在那儿。
6. Um, I'm gonna go drop the anchor on my toe.
   哦，我去把我脚上的锚卸下来。
7. If I ever fall overboard, just drop anchor and I'll swim to you.
   如果有一天我要是掉到了海里，你只要降下船锚，我会游到你这边。
8. Where shall we drop anchor and what berth is allocated to us?
   我们在那里抛锚？分配给我们的是几号泊位？
9. Simple Discussing about the Weighing and Drop Anchor Procedure of the Working Ship in Ocean Engineering
   浅谈海洋工程中工作母船起抛锚的程序

verb

1. secure a vessel with an anchor
   1. We anchored at Baltimore

   Synonym:    anchorcast anchor