collect
collect1
[kəˈlɛkt]
verb
[with obj.]
collect2
[ˈkɒlɛkt, -lɪkt]
noun
[kəˈlɛkt]
verb
[with obj.]
- bring or gather together (things, typically when scattered or widespread)
聚集；使集中
he went round the office collecting old coffee cups.
他在办公室里转来转去，把用过的咖啡杯集中起来。
he collected up all his clothing.
他把他所有的衣服集中在一起。
■accumulate and store over a period of time
积聚；采集；存储
collect rainwater to use on the garden.
积聚雨水以作浇灌花园之用。
■systematically seek and acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby
（作为爱好）收藏；搜集；收集
I've started collecting stamps.
我已开始集邮。
■[no obj.]come together and form a group or mass
集中，集合
worshippers collected together in centres.
崇拜者们聚集在中央。
dust and dirt collect so quickly .
尘土积得很快。 - call for and take away; fetch
（去）取；接
the children were collected from school.
孩子们被从学校接回来了。
■go somewhere and accept or receive (something), especially as a right or due
去接受；去领取；去收取（尤指有权要求或应得之物）
she came to Oxford to collect her honorary degree.
她来牛津接受她的荣誉学位。
■solicit and receive (donations), especially for charity
（尤指为慈善事业）募捐；募集
collecting money for the war effort.
为战争努力而募款。
[no obj.]I collect for Oxfam.
我为英国牛津饥荒救济委员会募捐。
■[no obj.](informal)receive money that is due; be paid
(非正式)收账；领取（工资，酬劳）
he'd come to collect.
他来收账（或取款、领钱）。 - (collect oneself)regain control of oneself, typically after a shock
（尤指在受惊后）恢复镇定
■bring together and concentrate (one's thoughts)
集中（思想） - (archaic)conclude; infer
(古)推断；推论
[with clause]by all best conjectures, I collect Thou art to be my fatal enemy.
经过所有最缜密的推测，我得出的结论就是你将成为我的死敌。 - cause (a horse) to bring its hind legs further forward as it moves, thereby shortening the stride and increasing balance and impulsion
使（马）以受衔姿势跑 - (Austral./NZ informal)collide with
(澳/新西兰，非正式)和…互撞；和…发生冲突
he lost control of the truck and collected two cats and a cow.
他开卡车失控，撞上了两只猫和一头牛。
- (N. Amer.)(with reference to a telephone call) to be paid for by the person receiving it
(北美)（电话）由受话人付费（的）
[as adv.]I called my mother collect.
我给我母亲打了一个受话方付费电话。
[as adj.]a collect call.
受话人付费的电话。
- (Austral./NZ informal)a winning bet
(澳/新西兰，非正式)打赢的赌；赢钱的赌注，胜注
- late Middle English: from Old French collecter or medieval Latin collectare, from Latin collect- 'gathered together', from the verb colligere, from col- 'together' + legere 'choose or collect'
collect2
[ˈkɒlɛkt, -lɪkt]
noun
- (in church use) a short prayer, especially one assigned to a particular day or season
(教会)（尤指特定日期或季节的）短祈祷文
- Middle English: from Old French collecte, from Latin collecta 'gathering', feminine past participle of colligere 'gather together' (see collect)
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