n.[C]

1. 銀行
   I keep my money in a savings bank.

   我的錢存在一家儲蓄銀行裡。

2. （醫用器官等的）儲存所；庫；撲滿
   The hospital has its own blood bank.

   這家醫院自己有血庫。

3. 莊家；莊家的賭本

vt.

1. 存（款）於銀行
   I used to bank half my salary before I married.

   婚前我總是將半數薪水存入銀行。

vi.

1. 存款（於固定的銀行）；（和……銀行）往來[（+at/with）]
   My corporation banks with the Citicorp.

   敝公司與花旗銀行有往來。

2. 開銀行

n.[C]

1. 堤；岸
   They stood on the river bank to fish.

   他們站在河岸邊釣魚。

2. 田埂
3. （形似堤岸的雲，雪，土）堆，一堆；一團（雲，雪，泥等）
   There was a bank of snow over ten feet deep in there.

   那裡有一堆深達十英尺多的雪。

4. 邊坡（路面或賽車跑道彎角的斜坡，方便汽車安全轉彎）
5. 沙洲

vt.

1. 築堤防護[（+up）]
   We have banked up the river to prevent flooding.

   我們已沿河築堤以防河水泛濫。

2. 把……堆積起來[（+up）]

vi.

1. 堆積[（+up）]
   Snow banked up along the road.

   沿途堆積著雪。

2. （飛機，汽車等）帶坡度轉彎

n.[C]

1. （一）排；（一）組
   We saw a bank of lights in the distance.

   我們看見遠處有一排燈光。

2. （風琴，打字機等的）鍵排

vt.

1. 把……列成一排（或一組）

n.

1. the land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.
2. a long, high mound or elevation.
3. a transverse slope given to a road, railway, or sports track to enable vehicles or runners to maintain speed round a curve.
4. a set of similar things grouped together in rows:
   banks of lights.
5. the sideways tilt of an aircraft when turning in flight.
6. the cushion of a pool table.

v.

1. heap or form into a mass or mound.
2. (of an aircraft or vehicle) tilt sideways in making a turn.
3. build (a road, railway, or sports track) with a bank on a bend.
4. Brit. (of a locomotive) provide additional power for (a train) in ascending an incline.
5. (of an angler) land (a fish).

n.

1. a financial establishment that uses money deposited by customers for investment, pays it out when required, makes loans at interest, and exchanges currency.
   ▸ (the bank) the store of money or tokens held by the banker in some gambling or board games.
2. a stock of something available for use when required:
   a blood bank.
3. a site or receptacle where something may be deposited for recycling:
   a paper bank.

v.

1. deposit (money or valuables) in a bank.
   ▸have an account at a particular bank.
2. (bank on) rely on confidently.
3. informal win or earn (a sum of money).

[名]

1. 岸；堤。