bank
Definitions
A financial institution that keeps, lends, and exchanges money.
银行（保管、借贷和兑换金钱的金融机构）。
The sloping ground along the edge of a river or lake.
（河、湖的）岸，堤岸。
A store or reserve of something kept for later use (a blood bank, a data bank).
（储备的）库（如 blood bank 血库、data bank 数据库）。
To put or keep money in a bank.
把钱存入银行；与银行往来。
(of an aircraft) to tilt sideways when turning.
（飞机）侧倾转弯。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedOne spelling, two origins. The 'riverbank' sense is from Old Norse bakki, a raised slope of earth. The 'money bank' sense is from Italian banca, the bench where medieval money-changers worked — the bench's name passed to the institution. The 'reserve/store' sense (blood bank, data bank) is a modern extension of the money sense: a place where something is kept safe.
Root bank still carries 11 more wordsWhy It Means This
The river bank and the money bank are spelled the same by coincidence of converging roots. The earth sense (Old Norse bakki, a slope) gives riverbank and embankment; even an aircraft 'banking' into a turn leans like climbing that slope. The money sense (Italian banca, a bench) gives the institution, the banker, and the broken-bench word bankrupt. When in doubt, picture the raised flat surface: a slope of land, or a money-changer's table.
Common Collocations
- 1.central bank央行
- 2.bank account银行账户
- 3.bank loan银行贷款
- 4.river bank河岸
- 5.bank on (someone)指望（某人）
Example Sentences
- 1.
I need to go to the bank to deposit my paycheck.
- 2.
We sat on the grassy bank and watched the river flow by.
- 3.
She banks with a small local credit union.
- 4.
The pilot banked the plane sharply to avoid the storm.