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borrowed 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
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/ˈbärō/,/ˈbôrō/,
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borrowed, past participle; borrows, 3rd person singular present; borrowed, past tense; borrowing, present participle;
  1. Take and use (something that belongs to someone else) with the intention of returning it
    • - he had borrowed a car from one of his colleagues
    • - she was wearing a borrowed jacket
  2. Take and use (money) from a person or bank under an agreement to pay it back later
    • - I borrowed the money for a return plane ticket
    • - lower interest rates will make it cheaper for individuals to borrow
  3. Take (a word, idea, or method) from another source and use it in one's own language or work
    • - the term is borrowed from Greek
    • - designers consistently borrow from the styles of preceding generations
  4. Take and use (a book) from a library for a fixed period of time

  5. In subtraction, take a unit from the next larger denomination

  6. Allow (a certain distance) when playing a shot to compensate for sideways motion of the ball due to a slope or other irregularity

  1. (borrow) get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"
  2. (borrow) adopt: take up and practice as one's own
  3. (borrowing) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent"
  4. (borrowing) obtaining funds from a lender
  5. (Borrowing (linguistics)) A loanword (or loan word) is a word borrowed from one language and incorporated into another.
  6. (borrow) Deviation of the path of a rolling ball from a straight line; slope; slant; To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it; To adopt (an idea) as one's own; To adopt a word from another language; In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend ...
  7. (borrow) The amount of curve you must allow for a putt on a sloping green. Or what you need to do if you play a hustler.
  8. (Borrow) Material excavated from one area to be used as fill material in another area. The constractor will use borrow material for the stability berms at all four dams.
  9. (borrow) To check out or charge out library materials.
  10. (Borrow) How much you have to aim right or left when putting to allow for the slope of the green to bring the ball back to the hole.
  11. (Borrow) Sand, gravel or other material used for grading.
  12. (Borrow) The amount of break a player allows for when hitting a breaking putt. (One of the confusing factors for young players at Augusta National is learning how much they have to borrow on their putts).
  13. (borrow) to obtain money from someone to use in the present, with the intention of paying it back in the future.
  14. (BORROW) To dream that you borrow or lend something signifies sorrow of a domestic nature, but if you return the loan or are repaid this indicates only a temporary upset. See Money.
  15. (BORROW) Fill material which is required for on-site construction and is obtained from other locations. (EROSION CONTROL)
  16. (BORROW) the measurement of putting green distance taken in feet, inches or even golf hole width, from the golf hole, to properly aim to play the line of a sloping putt accurately.
  17. (BORROW/(PAY BACK)) Of Debt. BORROW: Cash received by borrowing. PAY BACK: Cash used to pay back a prior debt to another party.
  18. (Borrow) A slope that causes the ball to deviate from a straight line
  19. (Borrow) A term used in Britain for the amount of deviation from a straight line a putt will make due to the slope of the green. The American term for this is Break.
  20. (Borrow) A term, mostly British, referring to how much break will need to be anticipated when lining up a putt.
  21. (Borrow) As referred to in grading, earth material acquired from either an on- or off-site location for use in grading on a site.
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  23. (Borrow) Fill used in trail construction, obtained from a nearby location, usually leaves small pits behind.
  24. (Borrow) Obtain money which must be returned
  25. (Borrow) On a breaking putt, the amount of distance aimed to the right or left of the cup. The greens at August National (where the Masters Tournament is held each year) are so severely sloped that golfers may have to borrow fifteen or twenty feet when lining up their putts. ...