n. anchor whose function is to holdfast to the seabottom; shcet-anchor锚；大锚。 △3H.VI.5.4.3:“What though the mast be now blownoverboard,/ The cable broke,the holding-anchor lost,/ And half our sailors swallowed in the flood?”尽管现在船桅被风刮到海里，缆绳断了，铁锚丢失，我们的一半水手都被海水吞没，那又怎么样？