gather

B1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #2715 ★★★★☆

n. 集合, 聚集 vi. 聚集, 集合, 渐增 vt. 使聚集, 搜集, 积聚

发音

UK /ˈɡæðə/
US /ˈɡæðɚ/

词形变化

gathers 复数 gathers gather'd gathered gatherest gathereth gathering gathers 三单 gathering 现在分词 gathered 过去式 gathered 过去分词

别名

gether

教材释义与例句

名词

聚集;衣褶;收获量

a small fold produced by pulling cloth together

动词

收集;收割;使…聚集;使…皱起

to come together and form a group, or to make people do this

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it; a pucker.

  2. 2.

    The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.

  3. 3.

    The soffit or under surface of the masonry required in gathering. See gather.

    商务 建筑 工程
  4. 4.

    A blob of molten glass collected on the end of a blowpipe.

    艺术
  5. 5.

    A gathering.

v. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To collect normally separate things.

    I've been gathering ideas from the people I work with.

    She bent down to gather the reluctant cat from beneath the chair.

  2. 2.

    To collect normally separate things.

    Especially, to harvest food.

    We went to gather some blackberries from the nearby lane.

  3. 3.

    To collect normally separate things.

    To accumulate over time, to amass little by little.

    Over the years he'd gathered a considerable collection of mugs.

  4. 4.

    To collect normally separate things.

    To congregate, or assemble.

    聚集

    不及物

    People gathered round as he began to tell his story.

  5. 5.

    To collect normally separate things.

    To grow gradually larger by accretion.

    不及物
  6. 6.

    To bring parts of a whole closer.

    She gathered the shawl about her as she stepped into the cold.

  7. 7.

    To bring parts of a whole closer.

    To add pleats or folds to a piece of cloth, normally to reduce its width.

    商务 工程

    A gown should be gathered around the top so that it will remain shaped.

  8. 8.

    To bring parts of a whole closer.

    To bring stitches closer together.

    商务 工程

    Be careful not to stretch or gather your knitting.

    If you want to emphasise the shape, it is possible to gather the waistline.

  9. 9.

    To bring parts of a whole closer.

    To bring together, or nearer together, in masonry, as for example where the width of a fireplace is rapidly diminished to the width of the flue.

    收集

    建筑
  10. 10.

    To bring parts of a whole closer.

    To haul in; to take up.

    航海 交通

    to gather the slack of a rope

  11. 11.

    To infer or conclude; to know from a different source.

    From his silence, I gathered that things had not gone well.

    I gather from Aunty May that you had a good day at the match.

  12. 12.

    To be filled with pus

    不及物 医学

    Salt water can help boils to gather and then burst.

  13. 13.

    To collect molten glass on the end of a tool.

    艺术
  14. 14.

    To gain; to win.

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词源

From Middle English gaderen, from Old English gaderian (“to gather, assemble”), from Proto-West Germanic *gadurōn (“to bring together, unite, gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, assemble, keep”).

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