新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

bank

英 [bæŋk]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

banks
1. [C 可数名词] 银行（机构）
A bank is an institution where people or businesses can keep their money.
双语例句
例：
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提供最适合他们财务需求的服务。
2. [C 可数名词] 银行（大楼）
A bank is a building where a bank offers its services.
3. [C 可数名词] 库（如血库等）
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.
双语例句
例：
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。
4. [C 可数名词] 岸
The banks of a river, canal or lake are the raised areas of ground along its edge.
近义词
side
双语例句
例：
We pedalled north along the east bank of the river.
我们沿着这条河的东岸骑车北上。
5. [C 可数名词] 堤
A bank of ground is a raised area of it with a flat top and one or two sloping sides.
双语例句
例：
lounging on the grassy bank.
懒洋洋地躺在长满草的堤岸上。
6. [C 可数名词] 长堆
A bank of something is a long high mass of it.
双语例句
例：
A bank of clouds had built up along the western horizon.
一长团云已经沿着西边的地平线积聚起来。
7. [C 可数名词] 一排（机器、开关或仪表盘）
A bank of things, especially machines, switches or dials, is a row of them, or a series of rows.
双语例句
例：
The typical labourer now sits in front of a bank of dials.
现在典型的劳动者坐在一排仪表盘面前。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

bank on
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 指望
If you bank on something happening, you expect it to happen and rely on it happening.
近义词
count on
双语例句
例：
Everyone is banking on an economic rebound to help ease the state's fiscal problems.
每个人都指望经济反弹来帮助缓解国家的财政问题。

VERB. 动词

banks , banking , banked
1. [I 不及物动词] （在某银行）设有账户
If you bank with a particular bank, you have an account with that bank.
双语例句
例：
I have banked with Coutts & Co. for years.
我已经使用雇资银行很多年了。
2. [I 不及物动词] （飞机）倾斜着飞行
When an aircraft banks, one of its wings rises higher than the other, usually when it is changing direction.
双语例句
例：
A single-engine plane took off and banked above the highway in front of him.
一架单引擎飞机起飞了，倾斜地飞行在他前面的公路上空。