英语词汇“borrow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

bor·row

(bŏrō, bôrō)

v. bor·rowed, bor·row·ing, bor·rows

v.tr.

1. To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent.

2. To adopt or use as one's own: I borrowed your good idea.

3. In subtraction, to take a unit from the next larger denomination in the minuend so as to make a number larger than the number to be subtracted.

4. Linguistics To adopt (a word) from one language for use in another.

v.intr.

1. To borrow something.

2. Linguistics To adopt words from one language for use in another.

Idiom:

borrow trouble

To take an unnecessary action that will probably engender adverse effects.

[Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian; see bhergh-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

borrow·er n.

单词	borrow
释义	bor·row (bŏrō, bôrō) v. bor·rowed, bor·row·ing, bor·rows v.tr. 1. To obtain or receive (something) on loan with the promise or understanding of returning it or its equivalent. 2. To adopt or use as one's own: I borrowed your good idea. 3. In subtraction, to take a unit from the next larger denomination in the minuend so as to make a number larger than the number to be subtracted. 4. Linguistics To adopt (a word) from one language for use in another. v.intr. 1. To borrow something. 2. Linguistics To adopt words from one language for use in another. *Idiom:* *borrow trouble* To take an unnecessary action that will probably engender adverse effects. [Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian; see bhergh-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] borrow·er n.
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