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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   collect

   • IPA[kəˈlek(t)]

   美式

   • v.
     bring or gather together (things, typically when scattered or widespread)；come together and form a group or mass
   • adj.
     (of a phone call) paid for by the person receiving it
   • adv.
     (with reference to making a phone call) in a way that is paid for by the person receiving it

   • verb: collect, 3rd person present: collects, gerund or present participle: collecting, past tense: collected, past participle: collected

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. bring or gather together (things, typically when scattered or widespread) he went around the office collecting old coffee cups he collected up all his clothing 同義詞 gather, accumulate, assemble, amass, stockpile, ... 更多pile up, heap up, rack up, run up, scrape together, store (up), hoard, save, cumulate, lay in/up, garner, mass, increase, multiply, accrue, snowball, tot up, informalstash (away)反義詞 distribute, squander
   • ▪ come together and form a group or mass worshipers collected together in a stadium dust and dirt collect so quickly 同義詞 come together, get together, gather, assemble, meet, ... 更多muster, cluster, rally, congregate, convene, converge, flock together, rareforegather反義詞 disperse
   • ▪ systematically seek and acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby I've started collecting stamps the urge to collect, to have the full set, is in us all
   • ▪ accumulate and store over a period of time collect rainwater to use on the garden 同義詞 gather, accumulate, assemble, amass, stockpile, ... 更多pile up, heap up, rack up, run up, scrape together, store (up), hoard, save, cumulate, lay in/up, garner, mass, increase, multiply, accrue, snowball, tot up, informalstash (away)反義詞 distribute, squander
   • 2. call for and take away; fetch the children were collected from school 同義詞 fetch, go/come to get, go/come and get, call for, go/come for, ... 更多meet反義詞 take, drop off
   • ▪ go somewhere and accept or receive (something), especially as a right or due she went to Oxford to collect her honorary degree
   • ▪ solicit and receive (donations), especially for charity collecting money for the war effort we collected for the United Way 同義詞 raise, appeal for, ask for, ask people to give, solicit, ... 更多secure, obtain, acquire, gather反義詞 distribute, give away
   • ▪ receive (money that is due); be paid they called to collect a debt he'd come to collect
   • 3. regain control of oneself, typically after a shock he paused for a moment to take a breath, to collect himself 同義詞 recover, regain one's composure, pull oneself together, take a hold of oneself, steady oneself, ... 更多informalget a grip (on oneself), get one's act together, snap out of it
   • ▪ bring together and concentrate (one's thoughts) she returned to her room to collect her thoughts 同義詞 muster, summon (up), gather (together), get together, rally, ... 更多call into action, marshal, mobilize, screw up
   • 4. archaic conclude; infer by all best conjectures, I collect Thou art to be my fatal enemy
   • 5. cause (a horse) to bring its hind legs further forward as it moves, thereby shortening the stride and increasing balance and impulsion a rider should want to be able to collect a horse when hacking

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. North American (of a phone call) paid for by the person receiving it a collect call

   adv.

   副詞

   • 1. North American (with reference to making a phone call) in a way that is paid for by the person receiving it I called my mother collect