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。