- VERB 收集;采集
If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- Two young girls were collecting firewood...
两个小女孩正在拾柴火。 - Elizabeth had been collecting snails for a school project...
伊丽莎白一直在为完成学校的一份课题作业收集蜗牛。 - 1.5 million signatures have been collected.
已经收集到150万人的签名。
- VERB 搜集;收藏
If you collect things, such as stamps or books, as a hobby, you get a large number of them over a period of time because they interest you.
- I used to collect stamps...
我曾经集过邮。 - One of Tony's hobbies was collecting rare birds.
托尼的业余爱好之一是搜集稀有鸟类。
- VERB 接走;领取;收取
When you collect someone or something, you go and get them from the place where they are waiting for you or have been left for you.
- David always collects Alistair from school on Wednesdays...
戴维总是星期三去学校接阿利斯泰尔。 - She had just collected her pension from the post office...
她刚去邮局取了养老金。 - After collecting the cash, the kidnapper made his escape down the disused railway line.
拿到现金后,绑架者沿着废弃的铁道逃走了。
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 pick up
- V-ERG (使)聚积;(使)积存
If a substance collects somewhere, or if something collects it, it keeps arriving over a period of time and is held in that place or thing.
- Methane gas does collect in the mines around here.
周围的矿井里的确有沼气聚积。 - ...water tanks which collect rainwater from the house roof.
积存屋顶雨水的水箱
- VERB 积聚(光、能或热)
If something collects light, energy, or heat, it attracts it.
- Like a telescope it has a curved mirror to collect the sunlight.
和望远镜一样,它有一个曲面镜可以积聚阳光。
- VERB (为慈善事业或礼品)筹款,集资;募捐
If you collect for a charity or for a present for someone, you ask people to give you money for it.
- Are you collecting for charity?...
你是在为慈善事业筹款吗? - They collected donations for a fund to help military families.
他们为一个旨在帮助军人家属的基金筹集捐款。
- VERB 尽力镇静下来;整理(思绪)
If you collect yourself or collect your thoughts, you make an effort to calm yourself or prepare yourself mentally.
- She paused for a moment to collect herself...
她停了一会儿,让自己镇定下来。 - He was grateful for a chance to relax and collect his thoughts.
他很庆幸有机会放松放松,整理一下自己的思绪。
- ADJ 受话人付费的
A collect call is a telephone call that is paid for by the person receiving it, not the person making it.
- She received a collect phone call from Alaska.
她接到一个从阿拉斯加打来的付费电话。
in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 reverse the charges