1. | 银行an organization that provides various financial services, for example keeping or lending money |
My salary is paid directly into my bank. 我的工资直接打到我的银行。 | |
I need to go to the bank(= the local office of a bank) . 我得去趟银行。 | |
a bank loan 银行贷款 | |
a bank manager 银行经理 |
2. | （尤指赌博中的）筹码；赌本a supply of money or things that are used as money in some games, especially those in which gambling is involved |
3. | 库存；库an amount of sth that is collected; a place where sth is stored ready for use |
a bank of knowledge 知识宝库 | |
a blood/sperm bank 血库；精子库 |
4. | 岸；河畔the side of a river, canal , etc. and the land near it |
He jumped in and swam to the opposite bank. 他跳下水，游到对岸。 | |
It's on the north bank of the Thames. 它位于泰晤士河北岸。 | |
a house on the banks of the River Severn(= on land near the river) 塞文河畔的一所房子 |
5. | 斜坡；垄；埂a raised area of ground that slopes at the sides, often at the edge of sth or dividing sth |
There were low banks of earth between the rice fields. 稻田之间有低矮的田埂。 | |
The girls ran down the steep grassy bank. 女孩子们沿长满青草的陡坡跑下去。 |
6. | （路面拐弯处为方便车辆快速行驶而筑起的）边坡an artificial slope built at the side of a road, so that cars can drive fast around bends |
7. | （尤指风吹到一起的）积云，积雪a mass of cloud, snow, etc., especially one formed by the wind |
The sun disappeared behind a bank of clouds. 太阳消失在一大片云后面。 |
8. | 一排，一系列（同类物品，尤指机器）a row or series of similar objects, especially machines |
a bank of lights/switches/computers 一排灯╱开关╱计算机 |
1. | [t] ~ sth 把（钱）存入银行to put money into a bank account |
She is believed to have banked(= been paid) £10 million in two years. 据信她两年内在银行存了 1 000 万英镑。 |
2. | [i] ~ (with/at…) （在某银行）开账户，存款to have an account with a particular bank |
The family had banked with Coutts for generations. 那家几代人都在库茨银行存钱。 |
3. | [i] （转弯时）倾斜飞行to travel with one side higher than the other when turning |
The plane banked steeply to the left. 飞机向左作高度倾斜飞行。 |
4. | [t] ~ sth (up) 堆积（某物）to form sth into piles |
They banked the earth (up) into a mound. 他们把土堆成了一个土丘。 |
5. | [t] ~ sth (up) （用煤等）封炉火to pile coal, etc. on a fire so that the fire burns slowly for a long time |
The fire was banked up as high as if it were midwinter. 炉火被封得很厚实，好像是在隆冬。 |
