1.bank用作名词时意思是“银行”,转化为动词作“把(钱)存入银行”“堆积”解,可用作及物动词或不及物动词。
2.bank常与on连用,用于比喻作“寄希望于某人或某事”解。

bank on(v.+prep.)
寄希望于某人或某事 base one's hopes on sb/sth
▲bank on sb/sth
You can always bank on me if you need money.你要是需要钱可以永远依靠我。
I'm banking on your help.我指望你的帮助。
He was banking on the train being on time.他指望火车能正点。
▲bank on v-ing
We mustn't bank on getting their agreement.我们不应指望会得到他们的同意。
▲bank on sb v-ing
We were banking on John knowing the way.我们本指望约翰会知道走哪条路。
▲bank on sb to-v
I'm banking on you to help me with the arrangements.我要靠你帮忙安排这些事了。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
Where do you bank?你的钱存在哪家银行?
Who do you bank with?你在哪家银行存款?
I bank at the Bank of China.我在中国银行存钱。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
He banked half his salary every month.他每月把工资的一半存入银行。
They are banking snow.他们在堆雪。

［同义词］ n. savings bank, embankment, mound, ridge, shore

1.bank的基本意思是“银行”,引申可作储存东西的“库”。bank也可指河或湖的“岸”“堤”。bank还可作顶部平坦的、长条形的“堆”解,多指土壤、泥或雪积起来而形成的堆。
2.bank是可数名词,其前可加冠词a或the。在句中主要用作主语或宾语。
3.the Bank特指英格兰银行。

The banks often advance money to farmers for seed and fertilizer.银行经常贷款给农民买种子和肥料。
The bank has made some heavy advances to the business firm.银行已给这家公司提供了几笔巨额贷款。
This bank allows 10% interest on deposits at the most.这家银行至多给存款10%的利息。
Will you attend to the shop for a few minutes while I go to the bank? 我到银行去的时候,你照管一下商店好吗?
The bank has assets of more than ￡1 billion.该银行有10亿多英镑的资产。
He was unable to account for the deficit in the firm's bank balance.他无法解释这家公司在银行结账为什么会超支。
New banks made appearance in the next two decades.新开的银行是在那以后20年中出现的。
The bank refused further credit to the factory.银行拒绝再向这家工厂贷款。
When the bank broke, many people were ruined.当银行倒闭时,许多人都跟着破产了。
The bank suffers while its officers benefit.银行遭受损失,而它的高级官员们却得到好处。
The river broke its banks.河水冲断了堤坝。
The river flew over the bank.河水漫过堤岸。
The river broke through its banks, and flooded the country for many miles around.河水决堤,淹没了方圆许多英里的乡村。
The water was unusually high this spring and the river burst its banks.今春河水上涨得特别厉害,把河堤给冲破了。
He seated himself in the boat and began rowing towards the other bank.他坐进小船,开始划向对岸。
In the late summer, the rivers swell and often burst their banks. 夏末,河流涨水,常常冲决河岸。
There are many high buildings along the banks of the Huangpu River.黄浦江两岸有许多高楼大厦。
The rhino broke away and ran not at us, but along the rocky bank beside us.这头犀牛突然跑开了,但它没冲着我们跑来,而是沿着我们旁边的石堤跑了。

bank, beach, coast, shore
参见coast条。