拋paau1錨naau4

English

1. to drop anchor
2. (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down
3. to drop anchor; to cast anchor ; literally: throw an anchor ----unreviewed?
4. (of vehicles) to break down; to stallunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 將錨拋入水底，令船隻停定unreviewed?
2. 死火；比喻車輛因為故障而停低唔郁，啓動有困難unreviewed?

Examples

• 車拋錨了。

  The car broke down.

  Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

• 我們的車昨晚拋錨了。

  Our car broke down last night.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 總重量過大，導致卡車拋錨。

  Their combined weight was too much and caused the truck to break down.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

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  架車半路拋錨。

  The car has broken down half way along.