bank

noun

金钱 for money

1. 银行
   an organization that provides various financial services, for example keeping or lending money
   1. My salary is paid directly into my bank.
      我的工资直接拨到我的银行。
   2. I need to go to the bank (= the local office of a bank) .
      我得去趟银行。
   3. a bank loan
      银行贷款
   4. a bank manager
      银行经理

赌博 in gambling

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

收集 / 储存物 sth collected/stored

3. 库存；库
   an amount of sth that is collected; a place where sth is stored ready for use
   1. a bank of knowledge
      知识宝库
   2. a blood/sperm bank
      血 / 精液库

河；水道 of river/canal

4. 岸；河畔
   the side of a river, canal , etc. and the land near it
   1. He jumped in and swam to the opposite bank.
      他跳下水，游到对岸。
   2. It's on the north bank of the Thames.
      它位于泰晤士河北岸。
   3. a house on the banks of the River Severn (= on land near the river)
      塞文河畔的一所房子

斜坡 slope

5. 斜坡；垄；埂
   a raised area of ground that slopes at the sides, often at the edge of sth or dividing sth
   1. There were low banks of earth between the rice fields.
      稻田之间有低矮的田埂。
   2. The girls ran down the steep grassy bank.
      女孩子们沿着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

云、雪等 of cloud/snow, etc.

7. （尤指风吹到一起的）积云（或雪等）
   a mass of cloud, snow, etc., especially one formed by the wind
   1. The sun disappeared behind a bank of clouds.
      太阳消失在一大片云后面。

机器等 of machines, etc.

8. 一排，一系列（同类物品，尤指机器）
   a row or series of similar objects, especially machines
   1. a bank of lights/switches/computers
      一排灯 / 开关 / 计算机

verb

钱 money

1. 把（钱）存入银行
   to put money into a bank account
   1. 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. （在某银行）开账户，存款
   to have an account with a particular bank
   1. The family had banked with Coutts for generations.
      那家几代人都在库茨银行存钱。

飞机 of plane

3. （转弯时）倾斜飞行
   to travel with one side higher than the other when turning
   1. The plane banked steeply to the left.
      飞机向左作高度倾斜飞行。

堆积 form piles

4. 堆积（某物）
   to form sth into piles
   1. They banked the earth (up) into a mound.
      他们把土堆成一个土丘。

炉火 a fire

5. （用煤等）封炉火
   to pile coal, etc. on a fire so that the fire burns slowly for a long time
   1. 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。

FINANCE AND STORAGE 金融；储藏

1. N-COUNT 银行
   A bank is an institution where people or businesses can keep their money.
   1. Which bank offers you the service that best suits your financial needs?...
      哪家银行提供的服务最适合您的理财需求？
   2. I had £10,000 in the bank.
      我在银行有1万英镑的存款。
2. 银行营业厅；银行办事处
   A bank is a building where a bank offers its services.
3. VERB 把（钱）存入银行
   If you bank money, you pay it into a bank.
   1. Once you have registered your particulars with an agency and it has banked your cheque, the process begins.
      一旦在某个代理行登记了详细信息并由它将支票存入银行，这一程序就开始了。
4. VERB 与（银行）有业务来往；在（银行）有账户
   If you bank with a particular bank, you have an account with that bank.
   1. My husband has banked with the Co-op since before the war.
      我丈夫自战前以来就在合作银行有户头。
5. N-COUNT 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.
   1. ...Britain's National Police Computer, one of the largest data banks in the world.
      英国国家警务计算机系统，世界上最大的数据库之一
6. PHRASE 斥巨资；花费大笔的钱；倾家荡产
   If you say that the cost of something will not break the bank, you mean that it will not cost a large sum of money.
   1. Prices starting at £6 a bottle won't break the bank.
      每瓶6英镑的起价不算太贵。

AREAS AND MASSES 地区；大团物质

1. N-COUNT （河、湖等的）岸，堤岸
   The banks of a river, canal, or lake are the raised areas of ground along its edge.
   1. ...30 miles of new developments along both banks of the Thames.
      泰晤士河两岸30英里的新开发区
   2. ...an old warehouse on the banks of a canal.
      运河河畔的一座旧仓库
2. N-COUNT 垄；埂
   A bank of ground is a raised area of it with a flat top and one or two sloping sides.
   1. ...resting indolently upon a grassy bank.
      懒洋洋地躺在草埂上休息
3. N-COUNT （长条形的）堆，团
   A bank of something is a long high mass of it.
   1. On their journey south they hit a bank of fog off the north-east coast of Scotland.
      南行途中，他们在苏格兰东北海岸外遭遇了大雾。
4. N-COUNT （尤指机器、开关、仪表的）（一）排，（一）组
   A bank of things, especially machines, switches, or dials, is a row of them, or a series of rows.
   1. The typical laborer now sits in front of a bank of dials.
      现如今，工人通常都是坐在一排仪表前。
5. See also: banked

OTHER VERB USES 其他动词用法

1. VERB （通常指飞机在改变方向时）倾斜飞行
   When an aircraft banks, one of its wings rises higher than the other, usually when it is changing direction.
   1. A plane took off and banked above the highway in front of him.
      一架飞机起飞后在他前方的公路上空侧飞转向。

1. Which bank offers you the service that best suits your financial needs?
   哪家银行提供的服务最适合您的理财需求？
2. I had £ 10,000 in the bank.
   我在银行有1万英镑的存款。
3. Once you have registered your particulars with an agency and it has banked your cheque, the process begins.
   一旦在某个代理行登记了详细信息并由它将支票存入银行，这一程序就开始了。
4. My husband has banked with the Co-op since before the war.
   我丈夫自战前以来就在合作银行有户头。
5. Prices starting at £ 6 a bottle won't break the bank.
   每瓶6英镑的起价不算太贵。
6. On their journey south they hit a bank of fog off the north-east coast of Scotland.
   南行途中，他们在苏格兰东北海岸外遭遇了大雾。
7. The typical laborer now sits in front of a bank of dials.
   现如今，工人通常都是坐在一排仪表前。
8. A plane took off and banked above the highway in front of him.
   一架飞机起飞后在他前方的公路上空侧飞转向。
9. This may have influenced your bank manager's decision not to give you a loan.
   这可能影响了银行经理不向你提供贷款的决定。
10. Some stockbrokers, in collusion with bank officials, obtained large sums of money for speculation.
    一些股票经纪人和银行职员串通一气，通过炒买炒卖赚了不少钱。
11. Mexico and the Philippines have both concluded agreements with their commercial bank creditors
    墨西哥和菲律宾均已与商业银行债权人达成了协议。
12. The cheques were delivered to the bank by a private courier firm.
    支票由私人快递公司送到了银行。
13. The Bank would be managed by a directorate of professional bankers.
    该银行将由一个职业银行家组成的董事会来管理。
14. Companies could not draw money from bank accounts as cash.
    公司不能从银行账户中提取现金。
15. The bank foreclosed on the mortgage for his previous home.
    银行取消了他先前住房的抵押赎回权。
16. The project is being backed by a letter of credit from Lasalle Bank.
    这个项目有拉萨尔银行的信用状支持。
17. Bank of America merged with a rival bank
    美国银行与一家竞争银行合并了。
18. The bank's profits plunged by 87 per cent
    银行的利润骤降了87%。
19. The bank recently opened a branch in Germany
    这家银行最近在德国开设了分行。
20. At this point, the accountant did a runner — with all my bank statements, expenses and receipts.
    这个时候，会计溜了——带走了我所有的银行结算单、资金和收据。
21. He scrambled up a steep bank.
    他攀上了一个陡峭的河堤。
22. The central bank will provide special loans, and the banks will pledge the land as security.
    中央银行会提供特殊贷款，而这些银行会以土地作为抵押。
23. As stock prices have dropped, so too has bank capital.
    随着股价下跌，银行资本也减少了。
24. Some governments have been victims and perhaps unknowing accomplices in the bank's activities.
    一些政府成为了银行活动的受害者，而且可能在不知不觉中做了其帮凶。
25. I have placed money on deposit in a bank.
    我已把钱存入一家银行。
26. The bank has made out an irrevocable letter of credit.
    银行开出了不可撤销的信用证[状]。
27. I want to open an account with [ at] a bank.
    我想在一家银行开个户。
28. The bank granted a large loan to the company.
    银行贷给这家公司大量款项。
29. The bank cashed his cheque.
    银行兑了他的支票。

  dam bank barrage dike【导航词义：堤，坝】

  dam n. 水坝

〔辨析〕主要指在河面上建起的特殊屏障，尤用来蓄水、发电等。

  bank n. 堤，岸

〔辨析〕主要指河流沿岸的土地或高出水面的斜坡。

  barrage n. 堰堤，拦河坝

〔辨析〕主要指在河面上建起的用来防洪或浇灌农田的土坝或石坝。

  dike n. 堰，堤，坝

〔辨析〕修筑于河、湖、海的某处，主要用来防止水患。

bank on sb/sth

1. 依靠；指望
   to rely on sb/sth

bank up

1. 堆积（尤指由于风吹）
   to form into piles, especially because of the wind

n.

not break the bank

• 花费不太大；支付得起
  if you say sth won't break the bank , you mean that it won't cost a lot of money, or more than you can afford

laugh all the way to the bank

• 发大财而喜笑颜开
  to make a lot of money easily and feel very pleased about it

noun

1. a flight maneuver
   1. the plane went into a steep bank

2. a building in which the business of banking transacted
   1. the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon

   Synonym:    bank building

3. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
   1. the coin bank was empty

   Synonym:    savings bankcoin bankmoney box

4. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
   1. he cashed a check at the bank
   2. that bank holds the mortgage on my home

   Synonym:    depository financial institutionbanking concernbanking company

5. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
   1. he operated a bank of switches

6. a long ridge or pile
   1. a huge bank of earth

7. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
   1. they pulled the canoe up on the bank
   2. he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents

8. a slope in the turn of a road or track

   Synonym:    cantcamber

9. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
   1. he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo

10. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

verb

1. have confidence or faith in
   1. We can trust in God
   2. Rely on your friends
   3. bank on your good education
   4. I swear by my grandmother's recipes

   Synonym:    trustswearrely

2. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
   1. bank a fire

3. enclose with a bank
   1. bank roads

4. tip laterally
   1. the pilot had to bank the aircraft

5. put into a bank account
   1. She deposits her paycheck every month

   Synonym:    deposit

6. be in the banking business

7. act as the banker in a game or in gambling

8. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
   1. Where do you bank in this town?