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gatherer

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gath·er·er /ˈɡæðərə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  someone who gathers something 采集者,收集者 information gatherers 信息收集者
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gathererNow 31, McMaster was a prolific points gatherer in his heyday, running in tries or kicking prodigious penalties.Increasingly and unintentionally, the papacy assumed the odium of tax gatherer on behalf of the king.Two main streams developed; the hunter became herdsman and the gatherer became agriculturalist.In this scenario, man became the hunter, woman the gatherer.
gath·er·er nounChineseSyllable
someone something Corpus who gathers


gatherer
gatherer /ˈɡæðərə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
someone who gathers something:
    information gatherers


gath·er·erBrE /ˈɡæðərə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡæðərər/ 🔊 nouna person who collects sth 收集者;采集者prehistoric hunters and gatherers史前的狩猎者和采集者


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