collect

noun

1. a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

verb

1. assemble or get together

e.g. gather some stones
pull your thoughts together

Synonym: gathergarnerpull together

2. get or bring together

e.g. accumulate evidence

Synonym: pull in

3. call for and obtain payment of

e.g. we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts
he collected the rent

Synonym: take in

4. get or gather together

e.g. I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
She rolled up a small fortune

Synonym: roll upaccumulatepile upamasscompilehoard

5. gather or collect

e.g. You can get the results on Monday
She picked up the children at the day care center
They pick up our trash twice a week

Synonym: pick upgather upcall for

adj

1. payable by the recipient on delivery

e.g. a collect call
the letter came collect
a COD parcel

Synonym: cod

adv

1. make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays

e.g. call collect
send a package collect

1. 收集;采集
If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.

e.g. Two young girls were collecting firewood...
两个小女孩正在拾柴火。
e.g. 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。

2. 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.

collect的解释

e.g. I used to collect stamps...
我曾经集过邮。
e.g. 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。

3. 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.

e.g. David always collects Alistair from school on Wednesdays...
戴维总是星期三去学校接阿利斯泰尔。
e.g. She had just collected her pension from the post office...
她刚去邮局取了养老金。

4. (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.

e.g. Methane gas does collect in the mines around here.
周围的矿井里的确有沼气聚积。
e.g. ...water tanks which collect rainwater from the house roof.
积存屋顶雨水的水箱

5. 积聚(光、能或热)
If something collects light, energy, or heat, it attracts it.

e.g. 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。

6. (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.

e.g. Are you collecting for charity?...
你是在为慈善事业筹款吗？
e.g. 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。

7. 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.

e.g. She paused for a moment to collect herself...
她停了一会儿，让自己镇定下来。
e.g. 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。

8. 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.

e.g. 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。

相关词组：collect up

1. collect是什么意思

1. 聚集：2 B 词义辨析常识运用 细菌和碎食在小裂缝里聚集(collect)起来. store贮藏,贮备,一般指有意性的囤积以便将来之用;collect收集,聚集,指有意或无意性的物件的聚拢起来;lay放置,铺设;pile堆积,积累,此项干扰性比较大,

2. collect：coll; 或到付