gather 是什么意思？gather 的含义 - 柯林高阶英语学习词典 - 在线工具

Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense gathers , present participle gathering , past tense, past participle gathered

1. verb

If people gather somewhere or if someone gathers people somewhere, they come together in a group.

In the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace and talked. [VERB preposition/adverb]

The man signalled for me to gather the children together. [VERB noun with together]

[Also VERB]congregate, assemble, get together, collect, group, meet, mass, rally, flock, come together, muster, convene, converge, rendezvous, foregather

2. verb

If you gather things, you collect them together so that you can use them.

I suggest we gather enough firewood to last the night. [VERB noun]

She stood up and started gathering her things together. [VERB noun with together]

collect, assemble, accumulate, round up, mass, heap, marshal, bring together, muster, pile up, garner, amass, stockpile, hoard, stack up

Gather up means the same as gather.

When Sutcliffe had gathered up his papers, he went out. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

He gathered the leaves up off the ground. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

3. verb

If you gather information or evidence, you collect it, especially over a period of time and after a lot of hard work.

...a private detective using a hidden tape recorder to gather information. [VERB noun]

This would help the prosecutor gather evidence against him which could be used in court. [VERB noun]

4. verb

If something gathers speed, momentum, or force, it gradually becomes faster or more powerful.

Demands for his dismissal have gathered momentum in recent weeks. [VERB noun]

The raft gathered speed as the current dragged it toward the falls. [VERB noun]

5. verb

When you gather something such as your strength, courage, or thoughts, you make an effort to prepare yourself to do something.

You must gather your strength for the journey. [VERB noun]

muster, collect, assemble, summon, call up, marshal, call together

Gather up means the same as gather.

She was gathering up her courage to approach him when he called to her. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]

6. verb

You use gather in expressions such as 'I gather' and 'as far as I can gather' to introduce information that you have found out, especially when you have found it out in an indirect way.

I gather his report is highly critical of the trial judge. [VERB that]

'He speaks English,' she said to Graham. 'I gathered that.' [VERB noun]

From what I could gather, he was trying to raise money by organising festivals. [VERB noun]

understand, believe, hear, learn, assume, take it, conclude, presume, be informed, infer, deduce, surmise, be led to believe

7. verb

If you gather fabric or cloth, you make a row of very small folds in it by sewing a thread through it and then pulling the thread tight.

Gather the skirt at the waist. [VERB noun]

fold, tuck, pleat, ruffle, pucker, shirr

8. to gather dust

Phrasal verbs:

gather up

gather

gather

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