For the next two months, the ships had to drop anchor in a river.

在接下来的两个月里， 船只不得不在河中抛锚。

So our captain isn't going to drop his anchors, put his engines on the chains, and do anything to haul us off?

这位船长不把锚抛到海中去，不把链索结住机器，准备把船拉出来吗?

But the winter weather forced them to drop anchor on Cape Cod, over 350 kilometers (220 miles) north east of their chosen destination.

但寒冬迫使他们在科德角抛锚，这里位于他们选择的目的地东北方，距离更是超过350公里（220英里）。