[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
[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
available to be rented 供租用
语源
Middle English: from Old French rente, from a root shared by render
rent2 noun
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
mid 16th cent.: from obsolete rent 'pull to pieces, lacerate', variant of rend