核心畫面
You can picture lend as handing something of yours to someone else for a while, on the understanding it comes back — you stay the owner, they just get the use of it. From this 'give for a while, expecting return' picture grow the money sense, the fixed phrases (lend a hand, lend an ear), and the abstract 'add a quality to something' uses.
可以想成把自己的東西暫時交到別人手上，講好之後要還回來——你還是物主，對方只是借去用一陣子。從這個「暫時給出去、預期…更多收起
可以想成把自己的東西暫時交到別人手上，講好之後要還回來——你還是物主，對方只是借去用一陣子。從這個「暫時給出去、預期會回來」的畫面，長出借錢、固定片語（lend a hand 搭把手、lend an ear 傾聽），以及抽象的「為某物添上某種特質」等用法。原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
lendverb詞源 1/ˈlɛnd/
- 1
To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
- I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank.
- Where is that hundred euros I lent you months ago?
- 2
To make a loan.
- 3
To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
- Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily.
- The long history of the past does not lend itself to a simple black and white interpretation.
- 4
To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
- Can you lend me some assistance?
- The famous director lent his name to the new film.
- 5
To borrow.
lendnoun詞源 1/ˈlɛnd/
- 1
dialectalLoan (permission to borrow (something)).
- “But,” says Arthur, “I wouldn't be proud of your clothes, / For you've only the lend of them, as I suppose.”
- Yesterday asked Mr. Aray the lend of 8s. 6d. for a month.
lendnoun詞源 2/ˈlɛnd/
- 1
dialectalanatomymedicinesciencesThe lumbar region; loin.
- 2
dialectalThe loins; flank; buttocks.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。