gathered

1. V-ERG （使）聚集；（使）集合
   If people gather somewhere or if someone gathers people somewhere, they come together in a group.
   1. In the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace and talked...
      晚上，我们聚在火炉边聊天。
   2. The man signalled for me to gather the children together.
      那人示意让我将孩子们召集起来。
2. VERB 收集；收拢；归拢
   If you gather things, you collect them together so that you can use them.
   1. I suggest we gather enough firewood to last the night...
      我建议大家捡足够多的木柴来撑过这一晚。
   2. She stood up and started gathering her things together.
      她起身开始收拾自己的物品。
   3. Gather up means the same as gather .
      gather up同gather
   4. When Sutcliffe had gathered up his papers, he went out...
      萨克利夫收齐了他的文件便出去了。
   5. He gathered the leaves up off the ground.
      他将地上的树叶全部收了起来。
3. VERB （尤指经过一段时间的辛苦工作）收集，搜集（情报、证据等）
   If you gather information or evidence, you collect it, especially over a period of time and after a lot of hard work.
   1. ...a private detective using a hidden tape recorder to gather information...
      用暗藏的录音机搜集证据的私家侦探
   2. This would help the prosecutor gather evidence against him which could be used in court.
      这将有利于控方律师搜集对他不利的证据以在法庭上指控他。
4. VERB 逐渐增加（速度、动力、力量等）
   If something gathers speed, momentum, or force, it gradually becomes faster or more powerful.
   1. Demands for his dismissal have gathered momentum in recent weeks...
      最近几周，要求将他解职的呼声越来越高。
   2. The raft gathered speed as the current dragged it toward the falls.
      水流将木筏拽向瀑布，木筏的速度越来越快。
5. VERB 集中（精力、思想等）；鼓起（勇气）；振作（精神）
   When you gather something such as your strength, courage, or thoughts, you make an effort to prepare yourself to do something.
   1. You must gather your strength for the journey.
      你必须为这次行程打起精神来。
   2. Gather up means the same as gather .
      gather up同gather
   3. She was gathering up her courage to approach him when he called to her.
      他叫她的时候，她正在鼓足勇气走近他。
6. VERB （用于引出已发现的信息，尤其是间接获得的信息）据我所知，据我了解
   You use gather in expressions such as 'I gather' and 'as far as I can gather' to introduce information that you have found out, especially when you have found it out in an indirect way.
   1. I gather his report is highly critical of the trial judge...
      据我所知，他在报道中毫不留情地批评了初审法官。
   2. 'He speaks English,' she said to Graham. 'I gathered that.'...
      “他会说英语，”她对格雷厄姆说，“我料到了。”
   3. From what I could gather, he was trying to raise money by organising festivals.
      据我所知，他想通过举办节庆活动来筹款。
7. VERB 给…打褶
   If you gather fabric or cloth, you make a row of very small folds in it by sewing a thread through it and then pulling the thread tight.
   1. Gather the skirt at the waist.
      在裙子的腰部打褶。
8. to gather dust → see: dust

1. An angry mob gathered outside the courthouse.
   一群愤怒的暴民聚集在法院外。
2. Crowds gathered around the Parliament building.
   人群聚集在议会大厦的周围。
3. A huge crowd gathered in a square outside the Kremlin walls
   一大群人聚集在克里姆林宫墙外的广场上。
4. The crew of the trawler were gathered below decks.
   托网渔船上的船员被聚集到甲板下。
5. The police ordered the dispersal of the crowds gathered round the building.
   警方命令聚集在建筑物四周的人群散开。
6. An expectant crowd gathered
   满怀期待的人群聚在一起。
7. In the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace and talked
   晚上，我们聚在火炉边聊天。
8. 'He speaks English,' she said to Graham. 'I gathered that.'
   “他会说英语，”她对格雷厄姆说，“我料到了。”
9. The information gathered by the telescopes will be processed by computers.
   通过望远镜获得的信息将由计算机进行处理。
10. A large group had gathered on the quayside to see them off.
    一大群人聚集在码头上，为他们送别。
11. They have gathered the best statistics they can find and run them through their own computers.
    他们已经尽力搜集了数据，并将它们输入了自己的计算机。
12. In Chapter 3, I shall describe some of the documentation that I gathered
    在第三章，我会介绍我收集到的一些文献记录。
13. Miners gathered in the centre of Bucharest in a show of support for the government
    矿工们聚集在布加勒斯特市中心以表示对政府的支持。
14. A crowd of more than 10,000 has gathered in a show of strength
    已经有10,000多人聚集起来以显示他们的力量。
15. He noticed a huge crowd gathered outside — someone really famous must be staying there
    他注意到外面聚集了乌压压一大群人——一定是有某位大名人在那里。
16. Scientists, business people, and sundry others gathered on Monday for the official opening
    星期一的正式开幕式上，科学家、商界人士和其他各色人等齐聚一堂。
17. Ginette and I gathered our things together
    我和吉内特把东西收拢好。
18. Scientists remain upbeat about the information that will be gathered.
    科学家对即将收集到的信息仍满怀希望。
19. The film fans gathered around him and asked for his autographs.
    影迷围上来要他签名留念。
20. Many foreign merchants gathered in Guangzhou.
    外商云集广州。
21. The wound gathered [ suppurated].
    伤口化脓了。
22. This year the farm gathered 700,000 kilograms of peaches from trees planted in 1980.
    这一年农场从1980年种的树上收了70万公斤桃子。
23. Gathered together, the old, the middle-aged and the young studied side by side and encouraged each other.
    老、中、青济济一堂，共同学习，相互激励。
24. The materials have been gathered bit by bit.
    这些材料是点点滴滴收集来的。
25. They lived in caves, hunted animals and gathered fruit.
    他们住在山洞里，猎取野兽，采集果子。
26. People gathered round, curious to know what is happening.
    人们聚拢过来，很想知道发生了什么事情。
27. People gathered at the scene of the accident.
    人们聚集在事故现场。
28. The teacher gathered her pupils round her.
    老师把学生聚集在她周围。
29. The chickens gathered under the hen.
    小鸡聚集在母鸡翅膀下面。
30. They gathered in the street, waiting for the news of victory.
    他们齐集在街上，等待着胜利的消息。

adj

1. brought together in one place
   1. the collected works of Milton
   2. the gathered folds of the skirt

   Synonym:    collected