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

单词	deposit
释义	de·pos·it I. \də̇ˈpäzə̇t, dēˈ-, usu -ə̇d.+V\ verb (deposited \-zə̇d.ə̇d, -z(ə̇)tə̇d\ ; deposited \“\ ; depositing \-zə̇d.iŋ, -z(ə̇)tiŋ\ ; deposits \-zə̇ts\) Etymology: Latin depositus, past participle of deponere to put down, lay aside — more at depone *transitive verb* 1. a. : to place, cache, or entrust especially seriously and carefully (as for safekeeping, pledging or guaranteeing performance, or recording) < until the last voter deposited his ballot — R.M.Lovett > b. : to place in deposit in a bank or similar institution c. : to set down or place especially carefully or safely or in care or custody < the maid had … deposited a huge decanter on the table — A.N.Whitehead > < the adventurous gentlemen … were safely deposited at their inn in London — T.B.Macaulay > < deposited in a clean hospital bed — Allen Churchill > < a giant wave lifted the tiny craft completely over the beached ship and deposited it still intact, on the other side — All Hands > 2. archaic : to lay aside or give up : rid oneself of 3. : to lay down or let fall or drop by a natural process : foster the accretion or accumulation of as a natural deposit < the intervening seasons had deposited a thick layer of refuse over the vacant lot > < the wind deposited a film of dust over the furniture > < in … hogs fed on copra … the cocoanut oil globules had been deposited by nature in the tissues — V.G.Heiser > *intransitive verb* 1. : to become precipitated : settle 2. : to make a deposit; also : to become deposited < the zirconium metal … deposits on the filament — Samuel Glasstone > Synonyms: see set II. noun (-s) Etymology: Latin depositum, from neuter of depositus, past participle 1. a. : the state of being deposited in trust or safekeeping b. : the state of being deposited to one's credit in a bank 2. : something placed (as in a bank or in someone's hands) for safekeeping: as a. : money that is deposited in a bank or with a banker, that is subject to order, and that creates the relationship of creditor and debtor b. : something given as a pledge or security (as a forfeit) < post a deposit of money as evidence of his good faith — Canadian Citizenship Series > < deposits which some librarians require from borrowers … returnable when the depositor ceases to use the library — W.C.B.Sayers > < a five-cent deposit on a soda bottle > c. Roman & civil law : a bailment of goods to be kept gratuitously for the bailor and without any benefit to the bailee or depositary — see irregular deposit, necessary deposit, quasi deposit, sequestration, voluntary deposit d. : a partial and first payment on account of the purchase price of property 3. [Medieval Latin depositum] : a place of deposit : depository 4. : the act of depositing < is to come into force upon the deposit of ratifications with the government — Vera M. Dean > < ritual is … a slow deposit, as it were, of people's imaginative insight into life — Susanne K. Langer > 5. a. : something laid, placed, or thrown down; especially : matter deposited by some natural process < the muddy and sandy deposits at the river's mouth > < the walls of the house are … less discolored by the deposit of carbon than usual in most towns — Richard Jefferies > b. : a natural accumulation (as of iron ore, coal, or gas) < deposits of phosphates suitable for agricultural fertilizer were discovered near Oruro — Americana Annual >
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