bank away meaning in English

带坡度向一边下坠

The water cleaves the banks away like a knife .
河水象一把刀似的，把两岸削掉。
No , nor yet his quarter - a banking away like smoke at tellson s , and a cocking their medical eyes at that tradesman on the sly , a going in and going out to their own carriages - ah
现在医生捞的是金币，老实巴交的生意人却连一个铜板也捞不到一个铜板！不，连半个钢板也捞不到一半个钢板，不，半个铜板的一半也捞不到！