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单词 to borrow
释义

borrow /borˈō/

transitive verb and intransitive verb
  1. To obtain (money, etc) on loan or trust
  2. To adopt (words, etc) from a foreign source
  3. To derive from another (with from, of)
intransitive verb (golf)

To allow for slope or wind, esp by putting the ball uphill of the hole

noun
  1. A pledge or surety (archaic)
  2. A borrowing (Shakespeare)
  3. The allowance to be made for a slope on a green (golf)
ORIGIN: OE borgian, from borg, borh a pledge, security

borrˈowed adjective

  1. Taken on loan
  2. Counterfeit
  3. Assumed

borrˈower noun

borrˈowing noun and adjective

borrowed time noun

An unexpected extension of life, or of the time allowed for some activity

borrow hole or borrow pit noun (civil eng)

A pit formed by the excavation of material to be used elsewhere for embanking, etc

borrowing days plural noun

The last three days of March (Old Style), supposed in Scottish folklore to have been borrowed by March from April, and to be especially stormy

borrow pit see borrow hole above.

to borrow (obsolete)

For a pledge or surety

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