collect

['kɔlekt,kə'lekt]

v.收集, 聚集, 募捐, 运走, 使（自己）镇定
adj.接收者付费的
n.（英国国教或天主教的）短祈祷文

vt.

1. 收集, 采集; 使集合

Why do you collect stamps?

你为何集邮?

2. 领取(信件等); 接走

He's gone to collect his daughter.

他去接女儿了。

3. 收(租, 税, 帐等); 募捐

4. 使镇定; 使(思想)集中

Give the speaker a few minutes to collect herself and then begin the programme.

给演讲者几分钟镇定一下, 然后就开始这项节目。

vi.

1. 聚集, 堆积

Water collects in hollows.

水在坑洼处聚集。

2. 收款, 收帐[(+for)]

a.

(电话, 电报等)受话人(或收报人等)付费的

As I had no money with me, I made a collect call.

因为身上没钱, 我打了一个由对方付款的电话。

ad.

(打电话, 电报等时)由受话人(或收报人等)付费

You can call me collect.

你可以打由我付款的电话给我。

词形变化

动词过去式: collected | 动词过去分词: collected | 动词现在分词: collecting | 动词第三人称单数: collects |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.收集

assemble  gather  accumulate  store up  

反义:

vt.vi.收集; 聚集

scatter  distribute  

英英释义

名词 collect:

a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

动词 collect:

get or gather together

同义词：roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard

call for and obtain payment of

同义词：take in

assemble or get together

同义词：gather, garner, pull together

get or bring together

同义词：pull in

gather or collect

同义词：pick up, gather up, call for

形容词 collect:

payable by the recipient on delivery

同义词：cod

副词 collect:

make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays

补充

collectcollect英:[kəˈlekt] 美:[kəˈlɛkt]vt.1.收集, 采集They are collecting this material at the points of origin.他们正在产地收集这种材料。2.领取; 接走; 拿走She collected her mail.她取走了邮件。He collected the children from school.他从学校把孩子们接走了。vi.1.聚集, 集合A crowd soon collected at the scene of the accident.群众迅速聚集在事故现场。vt. & vi.1.征收; 募集We're collecting for the famine victims.我们正在为遭受饥荒的灾民募款。The government is trying to improve the way it collects taxes.政府正试图改进收税的方式。

例句

1. She received a collect phone call from Alaska.她接到了一个从阿拉斯加打来的被叫方付费电话。 2. water tanks which collect rainwater from the house roof从屋顶收集雨水的水箱 3. 1.5 million signatures have been collected.已经采集到了150万个签名。 4. The teacher collected the exercise books.老师将练习册收了上去。 5. They collect the rubbish twice a week.他们每周收两次垃圾。 6. Two young girls were collecting firewood.两位年轻的女孩子正在拾柴。 7. She used to go for long walks collecting birds' eggs.她以往常常走得很远去采集鸟蛋。 8. Do you collect antiques?你收集古董吗？ 9. The main part of his work was collecting debts.他的主要工作是收取欠款。 10. Ric paused to collect his thoughts.里克停了一下整理思绪。 11. She paused for a moment to collect herself.她停了一会儿, 以使自己镇定下来。 12. She had just collected her pension from the post office.她刚刚在邮局领取了养老金。 13. After collecting the cash, the kidnapper managed to escape.收到现金后, 绑架者成功逃脱。 14. Their mother collects them from school.母亲从学校接他们。 15. One of them had still not come forward to collect their prize.他们中还有一人尚未前来领奖。 16. How much money have you collected so far?你至今已筹集了多少钱？ 17. All you have to do is collect the tokens and exchange them for free books.你所要做的事情就是收集代金券, 换取免费图书。 18. The mail is collected twice a day.邮件每天收取两次。 19. There are certain places where a lot of dust collects.某些地方积聚了很多灰尘。 20. Methane gas does collect in the mines around here.甲烷气体在这里的矿井中积聚。 21. They're collecting for charity.他们在为慈善事业筹款。 22. telephone calls placed collect or billed to a third number由受话人或第三方付费的电话 23. I'd like to make the call collect.我想拨打被叫方付费电话。 24. Should you lose your ticket, call collect on STA's helpline.万一您遗失了票据, 请拨打被叫方付费的STA热线电话。 25. Will you collect all the students to the classroom?您把全体学生召集到教室中好吗? 26. Why do you collect stamps?你为什么要收藏邮票? 27. to collect a bill收账 28. This gave Mr White an opportunity of collecting his thoughts.这就给怀特先生一个使思想集中起来的机会。 29. What about leaving it here and collecting it on the way back?先把它放在这里等回来再取好不好? 30. John collected a double and two singles.约翰一举赢了一场双打和两场单打。 31. The pupils collected in the big hall.学生们聚集在大厅里。 32. Rain water collected in the drainpipe.雨水积聚在排水道里。 33. He collected on the damage to his house.他收到了房屋损坏的赔款。 34. He has been collecting for years.多年来他一直从事收藏工作。 35. he went round the office collecting old coffee cups.他在办公室里转来转去，把用过的咖啡杯集中起来。 36. he collected up all his clothing.他把他所有的衣服集中在一起。 37. collect rainwater to use on the garden.积聚雨水以作浇灌花园之用。 38. I've started collecting stamps.我已开始集邮。 39. worshippers collected together in centres.崇拜者们聚集在中央。 40. dust and dirt collect so quickly .尘土积得很快。 41. the children were collected from school.孩子们被从学校接回来了。 42. she came to Oxford to collect her honorary degree.她来牛津接受她的荣誉学位。 43. collecting money for the war effort.为战争努力而募款。 44. [no obj.]I collect for Oxfam.我为英国牛津饥荒救济委员会募捐。 45. he'd come to collect.他来收账（或取款、领钱）。 46. [with clause]by all best conjectures, I collect Thou art to be my fatal enemy.经过所有最缜密的推测，我得出的结论就是你将成为我的死敌。 47. he lost control of the truck and collected two cats and a cow.他开卡车失控，撞上了两只猫和一头牛。 48. [as adv.]I called my mother collect.我给我母亲打了一个受话方付费电话。 49. [as adj.]a collect call.受话人付费的电话。 50. All the exam papers will be collected at the end.全部试卷将在考试结束时收回。 51. He used to collect stamps.他以前爱集邮。 52. to collect for charity为慈善团体募捐 53. The landlord collects the rent at the end of each month.房东每到月底就收房租。 54. A crowd collected to see what was going on.人们聚在一起看热闹。 55. to collect the children from school到学校接孩子 56. She collected herself and went back into the room as if nothing had happened.她打起精神回到房间去，彷佛什么事也没有发生过。 57. a collect call受话人付费电话 58. She called me collect.她给我打来个要我来付账的电话。 59. "They hope to collect over 1,000 signatures on the petition."他们希望在请愿书上收集超过1000个签名。 60. He collected stories from all over the world.他收集了世界各地的故事。 61. They collected information about the community.他们收集了关于这个社区的信息。 62. We collected soil samples from several areas on the site.我们在那个地点的几个区域分别采集了土壤样本。 63. We collected our baggage from/at the baggage claim at the airport.我们在机场的行李领取处提取了行李。 64. I left my suit at the cleaners and I have to collect it today.我把西服放在洗衣店了，今天得去取。 65. He collects postage stamps.他集邮。 66. She enjoys collecting antique teapots.她喜欢收藏古董茶壶。 67. "He has an impressive stamp collection, though he has been collecting for only a few years."尽管他集邮只有几年，但收藏的邮票却十分惊人。 68. I took a minute to collect my thoughts.我花了一会儿时间让自己镇定下来。 69. She stopped briefly to collect [=calm] herself.她停了一小会儿让自己冷静下来。 70. I collected the rent from the tenants.我从房客那儿收取了租金。 71. The city collects property taxes.这个城市征收财产税。 72. She collects social security benefits.她会收到社会保障福利金。 73. He is collecting on his disability insurance.他在领取残疾保险金。 74. She has begun collecting contributions from supporters.她开始从支持者那里募捐。 75. "We collected $5,000 for the hospital."我们为医院募集了5000美元。 76. I am collecting for the local women's shelter.我正为本地妇女避难所募捐。 77. Junk started collecting in the attic soon after they moved in.他们搬来后不久，阁楼里的垃圾就堆积了起来。 78. Dust had collected on the dashboard.汽车的仪表板上积满了灰尘。 79. Snow was collecting on the driveway.私家车道上的积雪越来越厚。 80. Garbage can collect germs.垃圾会滋生病菌。 81. She collected [=picked up] the children after school.她去接放学的孩子们。 82. I'm going to collect him from the airport.我要去机场接他。 83. I collected up [=picked up] the dishes and brought them to the kitchen.我把盘子收在一起送进了厨房。 84. The children collected their toys up and put them away.孩子们收拾好了玩具。 85. a collect phone call受话人付费电话 86. The operator asked me if I would accept a collect call from John Smith.接线员问我是否接听约翰·史密斯打来的受话人付费电话。 87. You can call me collect. [=you can call me and reverse the charges]你可以打受话人付费电话给我。