rent
/rent; rɛnt/ n
1 [U, C] regular payment made for the use of land, premises, a telephone, machinery, etc; sum paid in this way 租金; 地租; 房租; （电话、 机器等的）租赁费
owe three weeks' rent/be three weeks behind with the rent 欠三个星期的租金
live in a house free of rent, ie without paying rent 住免缴租金的房子
Non-payment of rent can mean eviction. 不交租金就可能被赶出去.
pay a high/low rent for farming land 缴纳耕地的高昂的[低廉的]地租
Rents are going up again. 租金又涨了.
[attrib 作定语]
a rent book, agreement, collector 租金登记簿、 租赁协定、 收租人.
2 (idm 习语) for rent (esp US) available to be rented 供租用的; 招租的. rent, v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (from sb) pay for the occupation or use of (land, premises, a telephone, machinery, etc) 租借或租用（土地、 房屋、 电话、 机器等）
rent a holiday cottage from an agency 向代理公司租用度假村舍
Do you own or rent your video? 你的录像机是自己的呢, 还是租来的?
2 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p, Dn.n]
~ sth (out) (to sb) allow sb to occupy or use (land, premises, a telephone, machinery, etc) in return for payment 将（土地、 房屋、 电话、 机器等）出租给某人
Mr Hill rents this land (out) to us at 500 a year. 希尔先生把这块地租给我们, 租金每年500英镑.
Will you rent me this television? 你把这台电视机租给我行吗? =>Usage at let2 用法见let2.
3 [I, Ipr] ~ (at/for sth) be let at a specified rent 以一定租金出租
The building rents at 3000 a year. 这座建筑物以每年 3000 英镑的租金出租.
(US) an apartment renting for $900 a month 每月租金为 900 美元的一套公寓.
rent / rent; rɛnt/ n torn place in cloth, etc; tear; split （布的）破裂处; 撕裂; 破裂
(fig 比喻) The sun shone through a rent in the clouds. 太阳透过云间的缝隙照射出来. rent: pt, pp of rend.