banks

柯林斯词典

FINANCE AND STORAGE

1. N-COUNT A bank is an institution where people or businesses can keep their money. 银行
Students should look to see which bank offers them the service that best suits their financial needs. 学生们应该去了解哪家银行的服务最适合他们的财务需求。
2. N-COUNT A bank is a building where a bank offers its services. 银行 (大楼)
3. V-I If you bank with a particular bank, you have an account with that bank. (在某银行)开户
I have banked with Coutts & Co. for years. 我已经使用雇资银行很多年了。
4. N-COUNT a small container used at home for keeping money 储钱罐
5. N-COUNT the funds held by a gaming house or a banker or dealer in some gambling games 庄家赌本
6. N-COUNT You use bank to refer to a store of something. For example, a blood bank is a store of blood that is kept ready for use. 库
...a national data bank of information on hospital employees. …一个有关医院职工信息的国家数据库。

AREAS AND MASSES

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1. N-COUNT The banks of a river, canal, or lake are the raised areas of ground along its edge. 岸
We pedalled north along the east bank of the river. 我们沿着这条河的东岸骑车北上。
2. N-COUNT A bank of ground is a raised area of it with a flat top and one or two sloping sides. 堤
...lounging on the grassy bank. …懒洋洋地躺在长满草的堤岸上。
3. N-COUNT A bank of something is a long high mass of it. (指事情多成)堆
A bank of clouds had built up along the western horizon. 一堆堆的云沿着西边的地平线积聚起来了。
4. N-COUNT A bank of things, especially machines, switches, or dials, is a row of them, or a series of rows. (一)排 (机器、开关或仪表盘)
The typical labourer now sits in front of a bank of dials. 这个典型的劳工正在一排仪表盘面前坐着。

OTHER VERB USES

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1. V-I When an aircraft banks, one of its wings rises higher than the other, usually when it is changing direction. (飞机转向时) 倾斜着飞行
A single-engine plane took off and banked above the motorway in front of him. 一架单引擎飞机起飞了，倾斜地飞行在他前面的高速公路上空。
2. V-T to cover (a fire) with ashes, fresh fuel, etc, so that it will burn slowly (用灰等)封火; 使缓慢地燃烧