| 单词 | collateral |
| 释义 | collateral —collaterality /koh lat'euh ral"i tee/, collateralness, n. —collaterally, adv. /keuh lat"euhr euhl/, n. 1. security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed. 2. Anat. a. a subordinate or accessory part. b. a side branch, as of a blood vessel or nerve. c. See collateral circulation. 3. a relative descended from the same stock, but in a different line. adj. 4. accompanying; auxiliary: He received a scholarship and collateral aid. 5. additional; confirming: collateral evidence; collateral security. 6. secured by collateral: a collateral loan. 7. aside from the main subject, course, etc.; secondary: These accomplishments are merely collateral to his primary goal. 8. descended from the same stock, but in a different line; not lineal: A cousin is a collateral relative. 9. pertaining to those so descended. 10. situated at the side: a collateral wing of a house. 11. situated or running side by side; parallel: collateral ridges of mountains. 12. Bot. standing side by side. [1350-1400; ME ( < AF) < ML collateralis, equiv. to col- COL-1 + lateralis LATERAL] |
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