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- a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest借贷; 贷款; 所借之物：
borrowers can take out a loan for £84,000.
借款人可借得84,000英镑。
1.1
- an act of lending something to someone借出：
she offered to buy him dinner in return for the loan of the flat.
她因为借住了他的公寓, 所以表示要请他吃饭。
with obj.(常作be loaned)
- borrow (a sum of money or item of property)借（钱或物）：
the word processor was loaned to us by the theatre
剧院把文字处理器借给了我们
with two objs he knew Rab would not loan him money.他知道拉布是不会借钱给他的。
短语
on loan
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- (of a thing) being borrowed（物）借来的, 借出的：
the painting is at present on loan to the Tate Gallery.
那幅画现在借给了泰特美术馆。
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- (of a worker or sports player) on secondment to another organization or team, typically for an agreed fixed period（工人, 运动员）暂调, 借调。
派生词
loanable
adjectiveloanee
nounloaner
noun词源
Middle English (also denoting a gift from a superior)： from Old Norse lán, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leen, German Lehn, also to lend.