n.

1. 抵押[U][C]
   The bank refused to accept any mortgage on land.

   银行拒绝接受任何土地抵押。

2. 抵押借款[C]
   He has paid off the mortgage.

   他已归还抵押借款。

3. 抵押契据[C]
4. 受押人对抵押品的权利[U][C]
   The bank foreclosed a mortgage on the property.

   银行取消了抵押人的财产赎回权。

vt.

1. 抵押[（+to/for）]
   The house was mortgaged to the bank for fifty thousand dollars.

   这所房子抵押给银行借得五万美元。

2. 【口】以……作担保，把……许给[（+to）]
   Faust mortgaged his soul to the devil.

   浮士德将其灵魂献给魔鬼。

n.

a legal agreement by which a bank, building society, etc. lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor's property, with the condition that the conveyance of title becomes void upon the payment of the debt.

v.

convey (a property) to a creditor as security on a loan.