1 an organization which keeps money safely for its customers; the office or building of such an organization. You can take money out, save, borrow or exchange money at a bank 银行: My salary is paid directly into my bank. 我的薪水直接存入我的银行账户。I need to go to the bank to get some money out. 我须要去银行提点钱。a bank account/loan 银行账户／贷款

2 a store of things, which you keep to use later 储存起来备用的东西: a databank 数据库a blood bank in a hospital 医院的血库

3 the ground along the side of a river or canal 河岸: People were fishing along the banks of the river. 人们在河边钓鱼。

4 a higher area of ground that goes down or up at an angle, often at the edge of sth or dividing sth 斜坡: There were grassy banks on either side of the road. 路的两旁是长草的斜坡。

5 a mass of cloud, snow, etc 一堆（云、雪等）: The sun disappeared behind a bank of clouds. 太阳消失在一堆云后面。