bank
英 [b??k]
美[b??k]
- n. 銀行；岸；淺灘；儲庫
- vt. 將…存入銀行；傾斜轉彎
- vi. 堆積；傾斜轉彎
- n. (Bank)人名；(英、德、俄)班克；(法、匈)邦克
英英釋意
- 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"
