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bank

英 [bæŋk] 美[bæŋk]
  • n. 银行;岸;浅滩;储库
  • vt. 将…存入银行;倾斜转弯
  • vi. 堆积;倾斜转弯
  • n. (Bank)人名;(英、德、俄)班克;(法、匈)邦克

英英释意


1. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities;
"he cashed a check at the bank"
"that bank holds the mortgage on my home"
2. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water);
"they pulled the canoe up on the bank"
"he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents"
3. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
4. a building in which commercial banking is transacted;
"the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"
5. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers;
"he operated a bank of switches"
6. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home;
"the coin bank was empty"
7. a long ridge or pile;
"a huge bank of earth"
8. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games;
"he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"
9. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
10. a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning);
"the plane went into a steep bank"