loan

lend, borrow, loan

名词 loan:

1. the temporary provision of money (usually at interest)
2. a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
   同义词：loanword

动词 loan:

1. give temporarily; let have for a limited time
   同义词：lend

1. A loan of money would help me out of my predicament.
   只需一笔贷款就能帮我摆脱困境。
2. How much interest do they charge on loans?
   他们贷款收多少利息？
3. She offered me the loan of her car.
   她提出把汽车借给我用。
4. She loaned her collection of paintings to the gallery.
   她把自己收藏的画借给了美术馆。

loan

n.（名词）

Something lent for temporary use.
借出物：借出以供临时使用的东西
A sum of money lent at interest.
贷款：附利息借出的一笔钱
An act of lending; a grant for temporary use:
借：借的行动；允许暂时使用：
例句：
asked for the loan of a garden hose.
借用一个花园浇水管

A temporary transfer to a duty or place away from a regular job:
借调：暂时离开常规工作转移到另一个职务或地方：
例句：
an efficiency expert on loan from the main office.
从总公司借调的一个效率专家

v.tr.（及物动词）
loaned,loan.ing,loans 【用法疑难】
To lend.
借

来源：
Middle English lan, lon
中古英语 lan, lon
from Old Norse l3n * see leik w-
源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 l3n *参见 leik w-

【引伸】
loan.er
n.（名词）
The verbloan is well established in American usage and cannot be considered incorrect.The frequent objections to the form by American grammarians may have originatedfrom a provincial deference to British critics,who long ago labeled the usage a typical Americanism.Butloan is used only to describe physical transactions, as of money or goods.For figurative transactions,lend is the only possible form:
动词loan 在美国英语中的用法已根深蒂固， 不能认为是不确切的。美国语法专家们之所以对这一形式经常提出异议，是出于对英国批评家的狭隘尊崇，他们很久以来一直把这一用法列为典型美国腔。但loan 只用于描述物质交易， 如钱或商品。至于象征性的交易，只可能用lend ：
例句：
Distance lends enchantment.
距离产生魅力。

例句：
The allusions lend the work a classical tone.
这个典故使作品带古典味。

Lendis also required in fixed expressions such as lend-lease and moneylender.
Lend也用于固定词组如 平等租借交换 和 放债者 中