glean
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++glean /ɡliːn/ verb 1 [transitive]FIND OUT to find out information slowly and with difficulty 费力地搜集〔信息〕glean something from somebody/something Additional information was gleaned from other sources. 另外的信息都是从其他地方搜集来的。2. [intransitive, transitive]TAC to collect grain that has been left behind after the crops have been cut 〔收割后〕拾（落穗）→ See Verb table
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glean• There are other clues to be gleaned.• Some information can be gleaned, although it tends to be more sketchy.• And her reaction to her illness was, as best I can glean, fraught with fear, discouragement, and depression.• A measure of its success and an indication of the magnitude of its task could be gleaned from Benelux.• But some idea of the general type he was looking for can be gleaned from his memoirs.• Believers say the government has captured alien spacecraft and used the technology gleaned from them to make their own spaceships.glean something from somebody/something• Several lessons can be gleaned from our experience so far.Origin glean (1300-1400) Old French glener, from Late Latin glennareglean verbChinese
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glean
glean /ɡliːn/
verb
glean something from somebody/something
Additional information was gleaned from other sources.
2. [intransitive and transitive] to collect grain that has been left behind after the crops have been cut
glean /ɡliːn/
verb Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: glener, from Late Latin glennare
1. [transitive] to find out information slowly and with difficultyLanguage: Old French
Origin: glener, from Late Latin glennare
glean something from somebody/something
2. [intransitive and transitive] to collect grain that has been left behind after the crops have been cut