collect
释义
To bring or gather things together from different places into one place.
收集，采集（把东西从各处聚到一处）。
To acquire items of one kind as a hobby.
收藏（作为爱好积累某类物品）。
To go and get someone or something; to fetch.
去接（人）；去取（物）。
To regain control of oneself or one's thoughts.
使（自己/思绪）镇定，集中。
(AmE) With the charge to be paid by the person receiving the call: call collect.
（美）由接听方付费地：call collect 对方付费通话。
词根拆分
词根派生col-（com- 的变体，「一起」）+ lect（拾起）=「一起拾起来」。画面是把散落的东西拢成一堆。从实体收拢自然扩散：collect stamps（集邮，攒成一套）、collect a child from school（去接孩子回家）、collect your thoughts（把散乱的思绪重新拢起来）。
词根 lect 还连着 128 个词常用搭配
- 1.collect data收集数据
- 2.collect stamps集邮
- 3.collect your thoughts整理思绪
- 4.collect donations募集捐款
例句
- 1.
She collects vintage postcards from flea markets.
她在跳蚤市场收集老式明信片。
- 2.
I'll collect the kids from school at three.
我三点去学校接孩子。
- 3.
He paused to collect his thoughts before answering.
他停顿了一下，整理思绪后才回答。
- 4.
Volunteers collected donations for the flood victims.
志愿者为洪灾灾民募集捐款。
易混词辨析
collect / gather 都表「聚拢」：collect 常含目的或成套之意（collect taxes 收税、collect a stamp series 集一套邮票）；gather 更通用更偏物理动作（gather sticks 捡柴、a crowd gathers 人群聚集）。collect 攒成 collection；人群只是 gather。