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say sth won’t break the bank, you mean that it won’t cost a lot of money, or more than you can afford 花费 不太大;支付得起一 more at laugh v.

verb

                MONEY 1 [VN] to put money into a bank account (钱)存入银行She .is beZieved to have banked (= been paid) £20 miHion in two years.据信她两年内在‘行存了 1 _ 万英镑。2 [V] ~ (with/at to have an account with a particular bank (在某银行)开账户,存款I7ie /amHy had banfced with Coutts/or generations.那家几代 人都在库茨银行存钱。

                OF PLANE 飞机 3 [V] to travel with one side higher than the other when turning (转弯时)倾斜飞行:77ie pZane banfced steeply to the e/t.k向左#k斜飞行。

                FORM PILES _.4 [VN]sth (up) to form sth into piles 堆积(某物:抓以.banfced the earth (upj into a mound.彳也们把土堆成一个土丘。,

                A .FIRE 炉火 5 [VN] ~ sth (up) to pile coaletc. on a fire so that the fire burns slowly for a long time .(■用煤 等)封炉火The fire was banked up as high as if it were mfdwinter.炉火被封得很厚实,好像是在隆冬。

bank on sb/sth to rely on sb/sth 依靠;指望: J’m banfcfng on your hep.我还得靠你帮助呢。o[+'to inf] J’m banfcfng on you to heZp me.義还得靠你帮忙呢。

[+ -ing] I was banking on getting something to eat on the train.我指望在火车上能找到吃的。◊‘J’m sure he7Z help/ 'Don't bank onit it is not likely to happen)/ “我相信他会帮忙的”“那可不见得。bank‘up to form into piles, especially because of the wind M |R (尤指由于风吹):TTie snow had banfced up agaiVist the waH.雪靠墙堆积起来了。

bank.able /.baBgkabl/ .(/Vj/omjfl/) likely to make money for sb 可賺钱的;.可贏利的:77ie movie’s success has made her one of the worlds most bankable stars. 这部影片的成功使她成了世界上最有身价的明星之一。乂 'bank account noun an arrangement that you have with a bank that allows you to keep your money there, to pay in or take out money, etc.备行账户to open/ close a bank account

'bank balance noun the amount of money that sb has in their bank account at a particular time 银行存款余

额;银行结存

'bank card noun 1 (also banker's card) (both fir£) a plastic card provided by your bank that may be used as a cheque card or debit card or to get money from your account out of a machine支票保付卡取款机提 款卡 2 (AM/r) a credit card provided by your bank, that can also be used as a debit card and to get money from your account out of a machine 银行信用卡;取款 机提款卡

'bank draft (also 'bankers draft) noun a cheque paid by a bank to another bank or to a particular person or organization银行汇票

bank-er /'baei3ka(r)/ noun 1 a person who owns a bank or has an important job at a bank 银行老板(或要 员)银行紊a merchant banker斋入银行家2 a person who is in charge of the money in particular games (某些赌博游戏中的 > 庄家 ,banker^ 'order noun {BrE) an instruction to your bank to pay money to sb directly from your Sank account付款委托,自动转账委托让银行直接从账户付 款)compare standing order ■ bank holiday [Br£) noun a public holiday, for example Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, etc.银行假日 (公共假日,如圣诞节、先旦等):Btmfc HoMay Monday 银行假日星期一 oa banfc ZioMay weefcend (= a weekend foilowed by a Monday which is a holiday)银 行假日周末(之i的星期一为假日的大周未)see also holiday — compare legal holiday, public holiday bank-ing /'basijkii]/ noun [U] the business activity of banks 银行业Shefs thinking about a career in banking. 她正在考虑从事银行业。

bank-note /'baerjkneut; NAmE -nout/ noun (especially 6/-£) = note n.(6) forged (= illegally copied) bank- notes伪钞