collect是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to get and keep things of one type such as stamps or coins as a hobby -- （作為愛好）收藏，收集

  • She collects dolls. 她收藏玩具娃娃。

  • So when did you start collecting antique glass? 那你是從甚麼時候開始收集古董玻璃製品的？

• 1 to go to a place and bring someone or something away from it -- 取，領取；接走

  • Your shoes will be repaired and ready for you to collect on Thursday. 你的鞋子星期四會修好，到時可以來取。

  • I'll collect you from the station. 我會去車站接你。

• 2 to bring something together from different places or over a period of time -- （使）聚集，（使）集合，（使）集中

  • After the party I collected (up) bottles from various parts of the house. 聚會後我把房屋各處的瓶子都收在一起。

  • These china ornaments just collect dust. 這些瓷器擺在那裡只會招灰塵。

• 3 to ask people to give you money for something, for example a charity -- （慈善）募捐

  • We're collecting (money) for the homeless. 我們正在為無家可歸的人士募捐。

  • The state collected about $1.2 million in taxes in January. 一月份州政府收取的稅金為120萬美元。

• 4 to come together from different places or over a period of time -- 聚集；聚攏

  • A large crowd of reporters collected outside the prime minister's house. 一大群記者聚集在首相府前。

  • Rainwater collects in the barrel in the garden. 雨水收集在花園裡的大桶裡。

• 5 to get control of your feelings and thoughts, especially after shock, surprise, or laughter -- （尤指在震驚、驚訝或大笑後）鎮定下來，定神，集中思想

  • I was so stunned by what he'd said I had to collect myself before I could reply. 他的話嚇得我目瞪口呆，我定了定神才答上話。

• 6 a short prayer that is said during some Christian religious ceremonies -- （某些基督教儀式上的）短禱文

• 7 When you call collect or make a collect phone call, the person you call pays for the call. -- 對方付通話費的

  • I'd like to make a collect call. 我想打一個對方付費的電話。

  • She called me collect. 她給我打了電話，由我付費。