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1 land sloping up along each side of a river or canal; ground near a river 河边的斜坡; 河边的土地; 河岸; 河畔
*Can you jump over to the opposite bank? 你能跳到对岸吗?
* My house is on the south bank (of the river). 我家座落在（河的）南岸. =>Usage at coast1 用法见 coast1.
2 sloping ground, often forming a border or division （通常为形成边界或分界线的）坡地
*low banks of earth between rice-fields 稻田之间的地埂; 田埂
* flowers growing on the banks on each side of the country lanes 乡间小路两旁斜坡上长的花.
3 = sand (sandbank).
4 flat-topped mass of cloud, snow, etc, esp one formed by the wind 顶部平坦的云堆、雪堆等（尤指由风吹成的）
*The sun went behind a bank of clouds. 太阳钻到云堆里去了.

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1 [I] (of an aircraft, etc) travel with one side higher than the other, usu when turning （指飞机等）倾斜飞行（通常于转弯时）
*The plane banked steeply to the left. 飞机陡然向左侧倾斜飞行.
2 (phr v) bank up rise in the form of banks1(4) 聚积成平顶状
*The snow has banked up against the shed. 雪在小屋旁聚积起来. bank sth up
(a) make sth into banks 使某物成堤状.
(b) stop water of (a river, etc) from flowing by making a bank of earth, mud, etc （用泥土等）筑堤以堵截（河等的）流水
*bank up a stream 筑堤以堵截水流.
(c) heap coal-dust, etc on (the fire in a fireplace or furnace) so that the fire burns slowly for a long time （用煤灰等）封炉火.

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1 establishment for keeping money, valuables, etc safely, the money being paid out on the customer's order (by means of cheques) 银行
*have money in the bank, ie have savings 在银行中有存款
* [attrib 作定语] a `bank manager 银行经理
* a `bank account 银行帐户
* a `bank loan, ie money borrowed from a bank 银行贷款.
2 (in gambling) sum of money held by the keeper of a gaming table, from which he pays his losses （赌博）庄家的赌本.
3 store (of valuable things, information, etc) （贵重物品、信息等的）储库
*build up a bank of useful addresses, references, information, etc 建立一个有用的地址、参考书目、信息等的储存库
* a `blood bank 血库
* a `data bank 数据库.
4 (idm 习语) ,break the `bank
(a) (in gambling) win more money than is in the bank3(2) （赌博）赢的钱比庄家的赌本还要多.
(b) (infml 口) cost more than one can afford 花费不起
*Come on! One evening at the theatre won't break the bank. 得啦! 看一晚上戏不会倾家荡产的.

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1 [Tn] place (money) in a bank 将（钱）存入银行
*bank one's savings, takings, etc 把余钱、收入等存入银行.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (with sb/sth) have an account (at a particular bank) （在某银行中）有帐户
*Who do you bank with? 你在哪家银行存款?
* Where do you bank? 你的钱存在哪家银行?
3 (phr v) bank on sb/sth base one's hopes on sb/sth 寄希望于某人[某事物]
*I'm banking on your help/on you to help me. 我指望你的帮助[你来帮助我].
* He was banking on the train being on time. 他指望火车能正点.

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n row or series of similar objects, eg in a machine （类似物件的）一排或一系列（如机器中的）
*a bank of lights, switches, etc 一列灯、开关等
* a bank of cylinders in an engine 发动机中的一排汽缸
* a bank of oars 一排桨.

Gene banks are a type of biorepository which preserve genetic material. In plants, this could be by freezing cuts from the plant, or stocking the seeds.