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Definition of sheet anchor in English: sheet anchornoun 1An additional anchor for use in emergencies. 2A very dependable person or thing. Example sentencesExamples - One of the first things the British did in their zone of Germany was to sponsor a new trade union confederation, the sheet anchor of democracy in the years to come.
- Quickly sizing up the situation, Bangar settled down to playing the role of sheet anchor to perfection.
- As I said, it's the sheet anchor of what we've come to know in the last century as middle class life.
- When I quitted the terra firma of Physic this was my sheet anchor, tho’ not my only hope.
- Their sheet anchor is that they were performing it gratuitously and therefore no liability for its performance can arise.
- Now I only know that a sheet anchor is a very good thing, and that Ancient India would have been in deep trouble if Alexander hadn't shown up.
- As part of his general moral and physical decline, he loses all interest in his work, ‘the work which had been the sheet anchor of his character’.
- The philosophy was accepted and it remained a sheet anchor for the fledgling state of Israel which came into being in 1947.
- With Kallis playing the perfect game of sheet anchor while not being overly defensive, the strokemakers could play their shots without fear.
- At the moment, I do not find that sheet anchor, at least not readily.
- Modern Indian history is riddled with sheet anchors, which must be a contradiction in terms if sheet anchors are meant to exist only in the singular.
- He had no use for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Mr. Clinton's sheet anchor that the U.S. Senate had refused to ratify.
- Jim Wallace has been the sheet anchor for the Executive through turbulent times.
- Besides, with the team filled with stroke makers, we need a sheet anchor.
- Wayne Hutchinson was again the sheet anchor of the defence with strong support from Johnny Kearney and Paul Hogan.
OriginLate 15th century: perhaps related to obsolete shot, denoting two cables spliced together, later influenced by sheet2. Definition of sheet anchor in US English: sheet anchornounʃit ˈæŋkərSHēt ˈaNGkər A person or thing that is very dependable and relied upon in the last resort. 〈喻〉最后靠山；最终依靠；最后对策 Example sentencesExamples - One of the first things the British did in their zone of Germany was to sponsor a new trade union confederation, the sheet anchor of democracy in the years to come.
- At the moment, I do not find that sheet anchor, at least not readily.
- When I quitted the terra firma of Physic this was my sheet anchor, tho’ not my only hope.
- Their sheet anchor is that they were performing it gratuitously and therefore no liability for its performance can arise.
- Now I only know that a sheet anchor is a very good thing, and that Ancient India would have been in deep trouble if Alexander hadn't shown up.
- Wayne Hutchinson was again the sheet anchor of the defence with strong support from Johnny Kearney and Paul Hogan.
- With Kallis playing the perfect game of sheet anchor while not being overly defensive, the strokemakers could play their shots without fear.
- As part of his general moral and physical decline, he loses all interest in his work, ‘the work which had been the sheet anchor of his character’.
- Besides, with the team filled with stroke makers, we need a sheet anchor.
- Quickly sizing up the situation, Bangar settled down to playing the role of sheet anchor to perfection.
- The philosophy was accepted and it remained a sheet anchor for the fledgling state of Israel which came into being in 1947.
- As I said, it's the sheet anchor of what we've come to know in the last century as middle class life.
- Modern Indian history is riddled with sheet anchors, which must be a contradiction in terms if sheet anchors are meant to exist only in the singular.
- Jim Wallace has been the sheet anchor for the Executive through turbulent times.
- He had no use for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Mr. Clinton's sheet anchor that the U.S. Senate had refused to ratify.
OriginLate 15th century: perhaps related to obsolete shot, denoting two cables spliced together, later influenced by sheet. |