1 [C] money, etc that sb/sth lends you 借出物;借款;贷款:
to take out a bank loan获得一笔银行贷款to pay off a loan清还一笔贷款
2 [U] the act of lending sth or the state of being lent 借出:
The books are on loan from the library.这些书是从图书馆借来的。
loanverb [T] (formal 正式)loan sth (to sb) In American English loan is less formal and more common. 在美国英语里,loan多用于非正式场合,亦较常用。
loan1/lon; ləʊn/n 1 [C] an amount of money that you borrow 贷款: +of a loan of $6,000 一笔 6000 美元的贷款a $25,000 bank loan (=from a bank) 一笔 25,000 美元的银行贷款business/student/personal loan (=money you borrow for business, university, or personal costs) 商业/学生/个人贷款 We took out a personal loan to pay for our holiday. 我们办了一笔个人贷款去度假。pay off/repay/pay back a loan (=give back money you have borrowed) 偿还贷款2 [singular 单数] when you lend something to someone 借出﹐借给: +of Thanks for the loan of that book. 谢谢你借我那本书。3 on loan (from sb/sth) if something is on loan, it has been borrowed(向某人/从某处)借来: The paintings are on loan from other galleries. 这些画是从其他美术馆借来的。
loan2v [T] to lend something to someone 借给: loan sb sth Can you loan me $20? 你能借给我 20 美元吗?
loanloanloans1nounmoney that somebody lends you: to take out a bank loanloanloanloansloanedloaning2verb (loans, loaning, loaned)to give something to somebody for a period of timesame meaninglend: A friend loaned me $1 000.