单词 | borrow |
释义 | bor·row ![]() 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. Idiom: 1. To borrow something. 2. Linguistics To adopt words from one language for use in another. 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.] borrow·er n. |
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