英语词汇gather怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

gather

gæðəʳ  ˈgæðər 

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

1 V-ERG （使）聚集；（使）集合 If people gather somewhere or if someone gathers people somewhere, they come together in a group. （使）聚集；（使）集合 [Also VERB]

In the evenings, we gathered around the fireplace and talked. [VERB prep./adv.]

晚上，我们聚在火炉边聊天。
The man signalled for me to gather the children together. [VERB noun with together]

那人示意让我将孩子们召集起来。

SYN congregate, assemble, get together, collect

2 VERB 收集；收拢；归拢 If you gather things, you collect them together so that you can use them. 收集；收拢；归拢

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

我建议大家捡足够多的木柴来撑过这一晚。
She stood up and started gathering her things together. [VERB noun with together]

她起身开始收拾自己的物品。

SYN collect, assemble, accumulate, round up

Gather up means the same as gather .gather up同gather

When Sutcliffe had gathered up his papers, he went out.

萨克利夫收齐了他的文件便出去了。
He gathered the leaves up off the ground.

他将地上的树叶全部收了起来。

3 VERB （尤指经过一段时间的辛苦工作）收集，搜集（情报、证据等） If you gather information or evidence, you collect it, especially over a period of time and after a lot of hard work. （尤指经过一段时间的辛苦工作）收集，搜集（情报、证据等）

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

用暗藏的录音机搜集证据的私家侦探
This would help the prosecutor gather evidence against him which could be used in court. [VERB noun]

这将有利于控方律师搜集对他不利的证据以在法庭上指控他。

4 VERB 逐渐增加（速度、动力、力量等） If something gathers speed, momentum, or force, it gradually becomes faster or more powerful. 逐渐增加（速度、动力、力量等）

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

最近几周，要求将他解职的呼声越来越高。
The raft gathered speed as the current dragged it toward the falls. [VERB noun]

水流将木筏拽向瀑布，木筏的速度越来越快。

5 VERB 集中（精力、思想等）；鼓起（勇气）；振作（精神） When you gather something such as your strength, courage, or thoughts, you make an effort to prepare yourself to do something. 集中（精力、思想等）；鼓起（勇气）；振作（精神） [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]

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

你必须为这次行程打起精神来。

SYN muster, collect, assemble, summon

Gather up means the same as gather .gather up同gather

She was gathering up her courage to approach him when he called to her.

他叫她的时候，她正在鼓足勇气走近他。

6 VERB （用于引出已发现的信息，尤其是间接获得的信息）据我所知，据我了解 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. （用于引出已发现的信息，尤其是间接获得的信息）据我所知，据我了解

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

据我所知，他在报道中毫不留情地批评了初审法官。
'He speaks English,' she said to Graham. 'I gathered that.'. [VERB noun]

“他会说英语，”她对格雷厄姆说，“我料到了。”
From what I could gather, he was trying to raise money by organising festivals. [VERB noun]

据我所知，他想通过举办节庆活动来筹款。

SYN understand, believe, hear, learn

7 VERB 给…打褶 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. 给…打褶

Gather the skirt at the waist. [VERB noun]

在裙子的腰部打褶。

SYN fold, tuck, pleat, ruffle

8 to gather dust→see: dust

Phrasal verbs:

gather up

Thesaurus

Thesaurus	gather Also look up:
VERB.	accumulate, collect, group; (ant.) scatter 2

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