bank是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 an organization where people and businesses can invest or borrow money, change it to foreign money, etc., or a building where these services are offered -- 银行

  • The big banks have been accused of exploiting small firms. 大型银行被指责剥削小企业。

  • I need to go to the bank at lunchtime. 我得利用午饭时间去趟银行。

  • I had to take out a bank loan to start my own business. 为了创办自己的公司我不得不从银行借款。

• 1 sloping raised land, especially along the sides of a river -- 堤，岸

  • By the time we reached the opposite bank, the boat was sinking fast. 当我们到达对岸时，船正在快速下沉。

  • These flowers generally grow on river banks and near streams. 这些花通常开在河堤上和溪流附近。

• 2 a pile or mass of earth, clouds, etc. -- 一堆，一团（泥、云等）

  • A dark bank of cloud loomed on the horizon. 天际隐约出现一大片黑云。

• 3 a row of similar things, especially machines or parts of machines -- 一排，一列，一组（尤指机器或机器零件）

  • a bank of switches 一排开关

• 4 A bank of something, such as blood or human organs for medical use, is a place that stores these things for later use. -- （储藏血液、器官等的）库

  • a blood bank 血库

  • a sperm bank 精子库

• 5 to keep your money in a particular bank, or to put money into a bank -- 把钱存入银行，在某银行存款

  • I used to bank with Lloyd's. 我过去常把钱存在劳埃德银行。

  • She banked £500 in tips that day! 那天她赚了500英镑的小费！

• 6 (of an aircraft) to fly with one wing higher than the other when turning -- （飞机）倾斜着飞行

  • We felt the plane bank steeply as it changed direction. 我们感觉到飞机转向时倾斜得很厉害。

• 7 to collect in or form into a mass, or to make something do this -- （使）堆积

  • The snow had banked up in the corner of the garden. 雪堆积在园子的角落里。

  • We banked up the fire (= put more coal on it) to keep it burning all night. 我们把炉火封好，这样就可以整晚不灭。