collection
- IPA[kəˈlɛkʃn]
英式
- the action or process of collecting someone or something;a regular removal of mail for dispatch or of refuse for disposal
noun: collection, plural noun: collections
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the action or process of collecting someone or something the collection of data refuse collection
- ▪ a regular removal of mail for dispatch or of refuse for disposal withdrawal of the Sunday collections
- ▪ an instance of collecting money in a church service or for a charity a collection is to be taken up for the Ecclesiastical Students Fund 同義詞
- ▪ a sum of money raised during a church or charity collection. 同義詞
- 2. a group of things or people a rambling collection of houses 同義詞
- ▪ a group of accumulated items of a particular kind a record collection 同義詞
- ▪ a book or recording containing various texts, poems, songs, etc. a collection of essays 同義詞
- ▪ a range of new clothes produced by a fashion house a preview of their autumn collection
- 3. British college examinations held at the beginning or end of a term, especially at Oxford University.