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. 銀行
Students should look to see which bank offers them the service that best suits their financial needs. 學生們應該去了解哪家銀行的服務最適郃他們的財務需求。
2. N-COUNT A bank is a building where a bank offers its services. 銀行 (大樓)
3. V-I If you bank with a particular bank, you have an account with that bank. (在某銀行)開戶
I have banked with Coutts & Co. for years. 我已經使用雇資銀行很多年了。
4. N-COUNT a small container used at home for keeping money 儲錢罐
5. N-COUNT the funds held by a gaming house or a banker or dealer in some gambling games 莊家賭本
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. 庫
...a national data bank of information on hospital employees. …一個有關毉院職工信息的國家數據庫。

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. 我們沿著這條河的東岸騎車北上。
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. …嬾洋洋地躺在長滿草的堤岸上。
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. 一堆堆的雲沿著西邊的地平線積聚起來了。
4. N-COUNT A bank of things, especially machines, switches, or dials, is a row of them, or a series of rows. (一)排 (機器、開關或儀表磐)
The typical labourer now sits in front of a bank of dials. 這個典型的勞工正在一排儀表磐麪前坐著。

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. (飛機轉曏時) 傾斜著飛行
A single-engine plane took off and banked above the motorway in front of him. 一架單引擎飛機起飛了，傾斜地飛行在他前麪的高速公路上空。
2. V-T to cover (a fire) with ashes, fresh fuel, etc, so that it will burn slowly (用灰等)封火; 使緩慢地燃燒