bank 1 S1 W1 / bæŋk / 名词 [可数名词]

1 place for money

a) a business that keeps and lends money and provides other financial services

in the bank

We have very little money in the bank.

Barclays Bank

a bank loan

b) a local office of a bank :

I have to go to the bank at lunch time. → clearing bank , merchant bank

2 river/lake land along the side of a river or lake

bank of

the banks of the River Dee

the river bank

3 blood/sperm/organ bank a place where human blood etc is stored until someone needs it

4 clouds/mist a large mass of clouds, mist etc :

a fog bank

bank of

banks of mist

5 raised area a large sloping mass of earth, sand, snow etc :

She was sitting on a grassy bank.

bank of

steep banks of snow

banks of flowers

6 machines a large number of machines, television screens etc arranged close together in a row

bank of

banks of TV monitors

7 game a supply of money used to gamble , that people can win → break the bank at break 1 ( 24 )

8 be makin’ bank American English spoken informal to earn a lot of money for the work that you do :

Check out Omar’s new car. The brother must be makin’ bank.

9 road a slope made at a bend in a road or racetrack to make it safer for cars to go around

→ bottle bank , food bank , memory bank

COLLOCATIONS

动词

go to the bank I went to the bank and took out $80.

borrow from a bank You may be able to borrow some money from the bank.

a bank lends something The bank lent me £10,000 to help me start the business.

bank + NOUN

a bank account How much do you have in your bank account at the moment?

your bank balance (= the actual amount that you have in your bank account ) I’m just going to check my bank balance online.

a bank card You can withdraw money using your bank card.

bank charges Will I have to pay bank charges on this account?

a bank clerk (= a junior worker in a bank ) He began his career as a bank clerk.

a bank loan What’s the interest rate on your bank loan?

a bank note (= a piece of paper money ) a $10 bank note

a bank statement (= a written statement of how much you have in a bank account ) I get a written bank statement once a month.

a bank manager Could I make an appointment with the bank manager, please?

a bank robber/robbery The bank robbers were never caught.

types of bank

a high street bank (= one of the ordinary banks that most people use ) There’s a lot of competition between the major high street banks.

a commercial bank (= an ordinary bank, or one that deals with large businesses ) the role of UK commercial banks in the debt crisis

an investment/merchant bank (= one that buys and sells stocks and shares etc ) Goldman Sachs, the US investment bank

a savings bank (= a bank that accepts your savings and provides mortgages )

a clearing bank (= one of the banks in Britain that uses a clearing house when dealing with other banks ) large commercial customers of the clearing banks

a central bank (= the main financial authority in a country ) The Bundesbank is the central bank of Germany.

the World Bank (= an international organization providing financial help to developing countries ) The road building was funded by the World Bank.