rent

rent1
noun
  1. [mass noun]a tenant's regular payment to a landlord for the use of property or land
    房租,地租
    ■a sum paid for the hire of equipment
    (设备)租费,租金
verb
  1. [with obj.]pay someone for the use of (something, typically property, land, or a car)
    (尤指财产、土地或汽车)租借,租用
    they rented a house together in Sussex.
    他们在苏塞克斯郡合租了房子。
    [as adj. rented]a rented apartment.
    租用的公寓。
    ■(of an owner) let someone use (something) in return for payment
    出租
    he purchased a large tract of land and rented out most of it to local farmers.
    他购买了一大片土地并把其中大部分出租给当地的农民。
    ■[no obj.](chiefly N. Amer.)be let or hired out at a specified rate
    (主北美)出租,出借
    skis or snowboards rent for $60–80 for six days.
    滑雪橇和滑雪板以每六天60至80美元的价格出租。
常用词组
for rent
  1. available to be rented
    供租用
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French rente, from a root shared by render

rent2
noun
  1. a large tear in a piece of fabric
    (织物)裂缝,裂处,撕破处
    ■an opening or gap resembling such a tear
    缺口,缝隙
    they stared at the rents in the clouds.
    他们凝视着云中的裂缝。
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from obsolete rent 'pull to pieces, lacerate', variant of rend

rent3
  1. past and past participle of rend
    rend 的过去式和过去分词
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