/kəm'paɪl; kəm`paɪl/
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
(a) ~ sth (for/from sth) collect (information) and arrange it in a book, list, report, etc 收集（资料）并编辑（成书、表、报告等）
*compiling statistics for a report on traffic accidents 为交通事故报告汇集统计数字.
(b) ~ sth (from sth) produce (a book, list, report, etc) in this way 编纂, 编辑, 编制, 编写（书、表、报告等）
*The police have compiled a list of suspects. 警方已编制了涉嫌者名单.
* a guidebook compiled from a variety of sources 汇集多方资料编辑的旅行指南.
2 [Tn] (computing 计) turn instructions in a high-level language into (information in a form that a particular computer can understand and act on) 编译（将高级语言指令转换成代码, 使某计算机可识别并照其执行）.

v [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: compiler, from Latin compilare 'to seize together, steal']
to make a book, list, record etc, using different pieces of information, music etc
→compilation
　The document was compiled by the Department of Health
compile sth from/for sth
　The report was compiled from a survey of 5000 households.
technical to put a set of instructions into a computer in a form that it can understand and use