英语词汇“borrow”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

borrowborrow /ˈbɑroʊ, ˈbɔroʊ/ ●●● S2 W3 verb

ETYMOLOGYborrow

Origin: Old English borgian

VERB TABLE

borrow

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	borrow
	he, she, it	borrows
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	borrowed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have borrowed
	he, she, it	has borrowed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had borrowed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will borrow
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have borrowed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am borrowing
	he, she, it	is borrowing
	you, we, they	are borrowing
Past	I, he, she, it	was borrowing
	you, we, they	were borrowing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been borrowing
	he, she, it	has been borrowing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been borrowing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be borrowing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been borrowing

COLLOCATIONS► borrowed heavily

Many companies had borrowed heavily (=borrowed a lot of money) to cover their losses.

1[transitive] to use something that belongs to someone else and give it back to him or her later → lend: Can I borrow your pen?borrow something from somebody Did you borrow those tools from your dad? → loan22[intransitive, transitive] to take money from a person or bank with the agreement that you will pay it back later: Can I borrow $20?borrow something from somebody Craig borrowed the money from his sister. Many companies had borrowed heavily (=borrowed a lot of money) to cover their losses.3to take or copy someone’s ideas, words, etc. and use them in your own work, language, etc.: borrow (something) from somebody/something English borrows words from many languages.4borrow trouble informal to worry about something when it is not necessary to do this [Origin: Old English borgian] → see also be living on borrowed time at live1 (19)