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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++col·lect1 /kəˈlekt/ ●●● S1 W2 verb 1 BRING TOGETHERbring together 集合到一起 [transitive]COLLECT to get things of the same type from different places and bring them together 收集，采集；使集中 → collection, collector After 25 years of collecting recipes, she has compiled them into a cookbook. 她搜集了25年食谱，把它们编成一本烹饪书。 The company collects information about consumer trends. 这家公司搜集有关消费者趋向的信息。 We’ve been out collecting signatures for our petition. 我们出去为我们的请愿征集签名。2 keep objects 保存物品KEEP OBJECTS [transitive]COLLECT to get and keep objects of the same type, because you think they are attractive or interesting 收藏 → collection, collector Arlene collects teddy bears. 阿琳收藏玩具熊。3 rent/debts/taxes 租金/债务/税MONEY [transitive] to get money that you are owed 收，收取 → collectorcollect tax/rent/a debt The landlady came around once a month to collect the rent. 女房东每月过来一次收房租。4 money to help people 捐款 [intransitive, transitive] to ask people to give you money or goods for an organization that helps people 募捐，募集collect for I’m collecting for Children in Need. 我在为“困苦儿童”组织募捐。5 increase in amount 增加数量INCREASE IN AMOUNT [intransitive, transitive] if something collects in a place, or you collect it there, it gradually increases in amount 聚集，积聚 Rain collected in pools on the road. 路上积了一摊摊的雨水。 solar panels for collecting energy from the sun 采集太阳热能的太阳能电池板 I didn’t know what to do with it, so it just sat there collecting dust. 我不知道该拿它怎么办，于是任由它搁在那里积灰。6 win STH 赢取某物 [transitive] to receive something because you have won a race, game etc 赢得，获得 Redgrave collected his fifth Olympic gold medal in Sydney. 雷德格雷夫在悉尼赢得了他的第五枚奥运会金牌。7 collect yourself/collect your thoughts CALMto make an effort to remain calm and think clearly and carefully about something 使自己镇静/集中思想 I got there early so I had a few minutes to collect my thoughts before the meeting began. 我提前到达，这样在会议开始之前我有几分钟的时间可以整理一下自己的思绪。8 take SB/STH from a place 从某处带走某人/某物TAKE somebody/something FROM A PLACETAKE/BRING [transitive] especially British English to come to a particular place in order to take someone or something away 接走；领取 SYN American English pick up Martin’s gone to collect the children from school. 马丁去接孩子们放学了。 I’ve got to go and collect the book I ordered from the library. 我得去图书馆取我订的书了。9 crowd 人群CROWD [intransitive]MEET formal to come together gradually to form a group of people 聚集，聚拢 SYN gather A crowd was beginning to collect around the scene of the accident. 人群开始在事故现场聚集起来。10 collect something ↔ up phrasal verb British English to pick up several things, and put them together 〔把东西〕收拾好，收起来 SYN gather up Can you collect up all the dirty plates and cups? 你把所有脏盘子和杯子收拾一下好吗？ THESAURUScollect to get things of the same type from different places and bring them together 收集，采集She collects stamps (=as a hobby). 她集邮。They have collected 650 signatures for their petition. 他们为请愿征集了650个签名。gather to collect information from different places, or to collect crops, flowers, wood etc, especially from the ground 搜集〔信息〕；收割〔庄稼〕；采集〔花、木材等〕Computers make it easier to gather information. 电脑使搜集信息变得容易了。The men gathered firewood. 男人打柴。assemble formal to collect something such as information in an organized way 〔有系统地〕收集〔信息〕When all the evidence is assembled, we will write our report. 待证据收集齐全，我们就写报告。build up to gradually collect more things of the same type over time 〔逐渐〕收集He has built up one of the country’s finest collections of art. 他收集了一些艺术品，是国内最好的藏品之一。accumulate to gradually get more and more of something such as money, possessions, or knowledge, over time. Accumulate is more formal than build up 积累〔财富或知识；accumulate比build up正式〕He is driven by the desire to accumulate wealth. 他被积累财富的欲望驱使着。amass to collect a large amount of something such as money, information, or knowledge, over time 〔在一段时间内〕积累，积聚〔钱财、信息或知识〕Carnegie amassed a fortune in the steel industry. 卡内基在钢铁工业积累了一笔巨大的财富。run up a bill/debt/loss informal to allow a debt to increase quickly, especially by spending too much 积欠账单/拖欠债务/累计亏损He ran up huge gambling debts. 他欠下了巨额赌债。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
collect• Organizers have already collected 650 signatures.• Rain collecting at the tip of the rock has formed huge icicles.• Profit fell because the company was unable to collect claims against the oil buffer fund.• Historians are skilled in collecting facts and interpreting them.• I've got a parcel to collect from the post office.• Her father sent a taxi to collect her from the hotel.• You collect interest of 1.13% a month when you're in credit.• Anyone who collects jazz records should buy this book. It's full of information on old recordings.• I'm at the station. Can you come and collect me?• I've come to collect Mr. Weinstein's order.• I joked that I had to go and collect my $ 40,000 appearance money.• That would have allowed them to collect nearly $ 2 in federal funds for each local dollar.• I had duly collected Nigel's ashes.• If condensation collects on the inside of the window, wipe it off with a clean cloth.• Rent is collected once a month.• An hour or so before the press conference, a crowd begin to collect outside the building.• A crowd was starting to collect outside the theatre to await the arrival of the prime minister.• Nigel's hobby is collecting rare books.• After 25 years of collecting recipes, Barber has compiled them into a cookbook.• I've been collecting samples of the different types of rock which occur in this area.• He's been collecting signatures of voters to get the measure on the ballot.• They collected the garbage like their jobs depended on it, cheaper and better.• The building uses solar panels for collecting the sun's heat.• They feed by collecting tiny particles from the water.• As the tide came in, water collected to form small pools among the rocks.• People who are collecting welfare checks usually really need them.• The next day, the parents took the children into the woods to collect wood; each got one piece of bread.• If the last bus has left, I'll collect you.collecting dust• Now I occupy space in your lounge collecting dust.• When Mungo got down, he could see that more books were collecting dust under the bed.collect2 adverb 1.call/phone somebody collect American EnglishTCT if you telephone someone collect, the person who receives the call pays for it 打受话人付费电话 → collect call SYN British English reverse the chargesExamples from the Corpus
collect• I called from Chicago, leaving messages once, twice and even asked people to call me back collect.• He has no money but knows how to call home collect, according to police.col·lect3 /ˈkɒlɪkt, -lekt $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable] 1.RRCa short prayer in some Christian services 〔某些基督教仪式中的〕短祷文From Longman Business Dictionarycollectcol‧lect1 /kəˈlekt/ verb [transitive]1BANKING collect cheques to arrange for cheques to be paidThe district banks provide a variety of services for commercial banks, including collecting and clearing cheques.2COMMERCETAX collect debts/taxes to obtain payment of debts or taxesThe company wasn’t aggressive about collecting debts.Russia’s public finances must be brought into order by collecting more taxes and cutting spending.→ See Verb tablecollectcollect2 adverb call/phone somebody collect American English when you telephone someone collect, the person receiving the call pays for itCalling the US is very expensive from here - better to call collect.Origin collect1 (1500-1600) Latin past participle of colligere, from com- ( → COM-) + legere “to gather” collect3 (1200-1300) Old French collecte, from Medieval Latin collecta “(prayer for) a gathering”, from Latin colligere; → COLLECT1col·lect1 verb →THESAURUS1collect2 adverbcol·lect3 nounChineseSyllable
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col‧lect1 S1 W2 /kəˈlekt/ 
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After 25 years of collecting recipes, she has compiled them into a cookbook.
The company collects information about consumer trends.
We’ve been out collecting signatures for our petition.
2. KEEP OBJECTS [transitive] to get and keep objects of the same type, because you think they are attractive or interesting ⇨ collection, collector:
Arlene collects teddy bears.
3. RENT/DEBTS/TAXES [transitive] to get money that you are owed ⇨ collector
collect tax/rent/a debt
The landlady came around once a month to collect the rent.
4. MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE [intransitive and transitive] to ask people to give you money or goods for an organization that helps people
collect for
I’m collecting for Children in Need.
5. INCREASE IN AMOUNT [intransitive and transitive] if something collects in a place, or you collect it there, it gradually increases in amount:
Rain collected in pools on the road.
solar panels for collecting energy from the sun
I didn’t know what to do with it, so it just sat there collecting dust.
6. WIN SOMETHING [transitive] to receive something because you have won a race, game etc:
Redgrave collected his fifth Olympic gold medal in Sydney.
7. collect yourself/collect your thoughts to make an effort to remain calm and think clearly and carefully about something:
I got there early so I had a few minutes to collect my thoughts before the meeting began.
8. TAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING FROM A PLACE [transitive] especially British English to come to a particular place in order to take someone or something away
SYN pick up American English:
Martin’s gone to collect the children from school.
I’ve got to go and collect the book I ordered from the library.
9. CROWD [intransitive] formal to come together gradually to form a group of people
SYN gather:
A crowd was beginning to collect around the scene of the accident.
▪ collect to get things of the same type from different places and bring them together: She collects stamps (=as a hobby). | They have collected 650 signatures for their petition.
▪gather to collect information from different places, or to collect crops, flowers, wood etc, especially from the ground: Computers make it easier to gather information. | The men gathered firewood.
▪assemble formal to collect something such as information in an organized way: When all the evidence is assembled, we will write our report.
▪build up to gradually collect more things of the same type over time: He has built up one of the country’s finest collections of art.
▪accumulate to gradually get more and more of something such as money, possessions, or knowledge, over time. Accumulate is more formal than build up: He is driven by the desire to accumulate wealth.
▪amass to collect a large amount of something such as money, information, or knowledge, over time: Carnegie amassed a fortune in the steel industry.
▪run up a bill/debt/loss informal to allow a debt to increase quickly, especially by spending too much: He ran up huge gambling debts.
collect something ↔ up phrasal verb British English
to pick up several things, and put them together
SYN gather up:
Can you collect up all the dirty plates and cups?
collect2 adverb American English
call/phone somebody collect if you telephone someone collect, the person who receives the call pays for it ⇨ collect call
SYN reverse the charges British English
col‧lect3 /ˈkɒlɪkt, -lekt $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]
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verb Word Family: noun: collection, collector, collective, collectable, collectible, collectivism, collectivization; adjective: collected, collective, collectable, collectible, collectivist; verb: collect, collectivize; adverb: collectively
Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: past participle of colligere, from com- ( ⇨ COM-) + legere 'to gather'
1. BRING TOGETHER [transitive] to get things of the same type from different places and bring them together ⇨ collection, collector:Language: Latin
Origin: past participle of colligere, from com- ( ⇨ COM-) + legere 'to gather'
2. KEEP OBJECTS [transitive] to get and keep objects of the same type, because you think they are attractive or interesting ⇨ collection, collector:
3. RENT/DEBTS/TAXES [transitive] to get money that you are owed ⇨ collector
collect tax/rent/a debt
4. MONEY TO HELP PEOPLE [intransitive and transitive] to ask people to give you money or goods for an organization that helps people
collect for
5. INCREASE IN AMOUNT [intransitive and transitive] if something collects in a place, or you collect it there, it gradually increases in amount:
6. WIN SOMETHING [transitive] to receive something because you have won a race, game etc:
7. collect yourself/collect your thoughts to make an effort to remain calm and think clearly and carefully about something:
8. TAKE SOMEBODY/SOMETHING FROM A PLACE [transitive] especially British English to come to a particular place in order to take someone or something away
SYN pick up American English:
9. CROWD [intransitive] formal to come together gradually to form a group of people
SYN gather:
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collect something ↔ up phrasal verb British English
to pick up several things, and put them together
SYN gather up:
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adverb American Englishcall/phone somebody collect if you telephone someone collect, the person who receives the call pays for it ⇨ collect call
SYN reverse the charges British English
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noun [countable] Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: collecte, from Medieval Latin collecta '(prayer for) a gathering', from Latin colligere; ⇨ collect1
a short prayer in some Christian services
Language: Old French
Origin: collecte, from Medieval Latin collecta '(prayer for) a gathering', from Latin colligere; ⇨ collect1
collect to bring things or information together from different people or places; to gradually increase in amount in a place 指收集、采集、聚积、积累 ：◆ We've been collecting data from various sources. 我们一直从各种渠道收集资料。 ◆ Dirt had collected in the corners of the room. 房间的角落里积满了灰尘。 NOTE People sometimes collect things of a particular type as a hobby.作为爱好收藏物品用 collect ：◆ to collect stamps 集邮 gather to bring things together that have been spread around; to collect information from different sources 指收拢、归拢（分散的东西），搜集、收集（情报） ：◆ I waited while he gathered up his papers.他整理文件时我就在一旁等待。 ◆ Detectives have spent months gathering evidence. 侦探花了数月时间搜集证据。
collect or gather? 用 collect 还是 gather？
accumulate ( to gradually get more and more of sth over a period of time; to gradually increase in number or quantity over a period of timerather
指积累、聚积，（数量）逐渐增加 ：◆ I seem to have accumulated a lot of books. 我好像已经积存了很多书。 ◆ Debts began to accumulate. 债务开始增加。 amass ( to collect sth in large quantities, especially money, debts or informationrather
指大量积累、积聚（尤指金钱、债务或情报） ：◆ He amassed a fortune from silver mining. 他靠开采银矿积累了一笔财富。
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to collect/gather/accumulate/amass data/evidence/information to accumulate/amass a fortune/debts dirt/dust/debris collects/accumulatesto gradually/slowly collect/gather/accumulate (sth)
