n.[C]

1. 银行
   I keep my money in a savings bank.

   我的钱存在一家储蓄银行里。

2. （医用器官等的）储存所；库；扑满
   The hospital has its own blood bank.

   这家医院自己有血库。

3. 庄家；庄家的赌本

vt.

1. 存（款）于银行
   I used to bank half my salary before I married.

   婚前我总是将半数薪水存入银行。

vi.

1. 存款（于固定的银行）；（和……银行）往来[（+at/with）]
   My corporation banks with the Citicorp.

   敝公司与花旗银行有往来。

2. 开银行

n.[C]

1. 堤；岸
   They stood on the river bank to fish.

   他们站在河岸边钓鱼。

2. 田埂
3. （形似堤岸的云、雪、土）堆，一堆；一团（云、雪、泥等）
   There was a bank of snow over ten feet deep in there.

   那里有一堆深达十英尺多的雪。

4. 边坡（路面或赛车跑道弯角的斜坡，方便汽车安全转弯）
5. 沙洲

vt.

1. 筑堤防护[（+up）]
   We have banked up the river to prevent flooding.

   我们已沿河筑堤以防河水泛滥。

2. 把……堆积起来[（+up）]

vi.

1. 堆积[（+up）]
   Snow banked up along the road.

   沿途堆积着雪。

2. （飞机、汽车等）带坡度转弯

n.[C]

1. （一）排；（一）组
   We saw a bank of lights in the distance.

   我们看见远处有一排灯光。

2. （风琴、打字机等的）键排

vt.

1. 把……列成一排（或一组）

n.

1. the land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.
2. a long, high mound or elevation.
3. a transverse slope given to a road, railway, or sports track to enable vehicles or runners to maintain speed round a curve.
4. a set of similar things grouped together in rows:
   banks of lights.
5. the sideways tilt of an aircraft when turning in flight.
6. the cushion of a pool table.

v.

1. heap or form into a mass or mound.
2. (of an aircraft or vehicle) tilt sideways in making a turn.
3. build (a road, railway, or sports track) with a bank on a bend.
4. Brit. (of a locomotive) provide additional power for (a train) in ascending an incline.
5. (of an angler) land (a fish).

n.

1. a financial establishment that uses money deposited by customers for investment, pays it out when required, makes loans at interest, and exchanges currency.
   ▸ (the bank) the store of money or tokens held by the banker in some gambling or board games.
2. a stock of something available for use when required:
   a blood bank.
3. a site or receptacle where something may be deposited for recycling:
   a paper bank.

v.

1. deposit (money or valuables) in a bank.
   ▸have an account at a particular bank.
2. (bank on) rely on confidently.
3. informal win or earn (a sum of money).