borrow
US: /ˈbɑˌɹoʊ/
UK: /bˈɒɹəʊ/
UK: /bˈɒɹəʊ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
borrow /'bɔrou/
- động từ
- vay, mượn
- to borrow at interest: vay lãi
- theo, mượn
- to borrow an idea: theo ý kiến, mượn ý kiến
- vay, mượn
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
1 [VN] ~ sth (from sb/sth) to take and use sth that belongs to sb else, and return it to them at a later time: Can I borrow your umbrella? + Members can borrow up to ten books from the library at any one time.
Compare: LEND
2 ~ (sth) (from sb/sth) to take money from a person or bank and agree to pay it back to them at a later time: [VN] How much did you have to borrow to pay for this? + She borrowed £2 000 from her parents. + [V] I don't like to borrow from friends.
Compare: LEND
3 ~ (sth) (from sb/sth) to take words, ideas, etc. from another language, person, etc. and use them, as your own: [V] The author borrows heavily from Henry James. + [VN] Some musical terms are borrowed from Italian.
Idioms: be (living) on borrowed time
1 to still be alive after the time when you were expected to die: He's been living on borrowed time ever since his last heart attack.
2 to be doing sth that other people are likely to soon stop you from doing: According to the latest opinion polls, the government is living on borrowed time.
WHICH WORD?
borrow / lend
These two words are often confused. You borrow something from someone else, while they lend it to you: Can I borrow your pen? + Can I borrow a pen from you? + Here, I'll lend you my pen.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
take, appropriate, draw, adopt, refer to, obtain, Colloq sponge, cadge, touch (someone) for, US bum; Slang mooch:
Has Fred borrowed my lawnmower again?
Collocation dictionary
1 money/things
ADV.
heavily
He borrowed heavily to set the company up.
PREP.
from
She borrowed £50 from her mother.
| off
(informal) I'll borrow some coffee off the neighbours.
2 ideas, etc.
ADV.
freely
PREP.
from
His designs borrow freely from the architecture of ancient Egypt.
Concise English dictionary
borrows|borrowed|borrowing'bɒrəʊ
verb
+get temporarily
+take up and practice as one's own
