| 释义 |
bank2 /bangk/ noun- A mound or ridge
- An upward slope
- The edge of a river, lake, etc
- The raised border of a road, railway cutting, etc
- The surface at a pit-mouth
- The coalface in a mine
- A shoal or shallow
- A bed of shellfish
- A mass of cloud or mist
- The tilt of an aircraft
- A cushion of a snooker or billiard table
transitive verb- To enclose with a bank
- To deposit or pile (up)
- To cover (a fire) with ashes, etc, so as to make it burn more slowly (often with up or down)
- (usu with down) to restrain (passions, etc likely to erupt at any moment)
- To propel a snooker or billiard ball against the cushion
transitive verb and intransitive verb (of aircraft) to tilt in turning ORIGIN: ME banke, prob Scand; cognate with bank1,3, bench bankˈer noun - A locomotive used to help push a heavy load up a steep slope (also bank(ing) engine)
- A fishing-vessel on the Bank of Newfoundland, or a fisherman in such a vessel
- A river full to the top of its banks (Aust and NZ)
bankˈerly adjective Like a banker bankˈing noun - The elevation of the outside of bends in a road, railway or sports track
- An embankment
bank barn noun (N American) A barn built into the side of a slope bankˈ-high adverb Up to the top of the bank bank shot noun (basketball) A shot that sends the ball off the backboard and into the basket banksˈman noun An overseer at a pit-mouth, building site, etc from bank to bank From the time the collier begins to descend for his spell of work until he reaches the top again run a banker (Aust and NZ; of a river) To be full to the top of its banks |