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美音:[´gæðə ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.集合,聚集 vi.集合,聚集,渐增,蹙眉,化脓 vt.使聚集,搜集,积聚,推断

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gather为高中词汇   词频:1859

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名词:gatherer 动词过去式:gathered 过去分词:gathered 现在分词:gathering 第三人称单数:gathers

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/'gæðə(r); `ˇæðɚ/
v
1 (a) [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ round (sb/sth); ~ sb/sth round (sb/sth) come or bring sb/sth together in one place 聚集; 集合; 召集; 搜集
*A crowd soon gathered. 很快聚集起一群人.
* Gather round (ie Form a group round me) and listen, children! 孩子们, 围拢过来听我说!
* a musical evening with the whole family gathered round the piano 全家围在钢琴旁的音乐晚会.
(b) [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (together/up) bring together (objects) that have been spread about 收集, 收拢(分散的东西)
*Give me a moment to gather my notes together. 给我些时间整理一下笔记.
* She gathered up her scattered belongings and left. 她把自己的散乱物品收好就走了.
2 (a) [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (from sth) collect (plants, fruit, etc) from a wide area 搜集, 采集(植物、水果等)
*gather flowers, berries, nuts, etc 采花、浆果、坚果等
* gathering mushrooms in the fields 在野地采集蘑菇
* (fig 比喻) information gathered (ie obtained) from various sources 从各处搜集的信息.
(b) [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (in) pick or cut and collect (crops) for storage 捡拾或收割(庄稼)
*The harvest has been safely gathered in. 庄稼已妥善收获完毕.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tf] ~ sth (from sb/sth) understand sth; conclude 理解某事物; 得出结论
*`Smith's resigned.' `I gathered as much from the newspapers.' `史密斯辞职了.'`我从报纸上也能看出他得辞职.'
* I gather you want to see the director. 我猜想你要见经理.
* `She won't be coming.' `So I gather.' `她不来了.'`我也这么看.'
* I gathered from the way she replied that she wasn't very enthusiastic. 从她的回答来看, 她并不十分热心.
4 [Tn.pr, Tn.p] ~ sth round sb/sth; ~ sth up pull (a garment) tighter to one's body 将(衣服)向身体收拢
*She gathered the shawl round her/round her shoulders. 她用披肩把自己[肩头]裹紧.
* She gathered up her skirts and ran. 她提起裙摆就跑了.
5 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (in) draw (a garment) together in folds or pleats (在衣服上)打褶子
*a skirt gathered (in) at the waist 腰部打褶的裙子.
6 [I, Tn] increase (sth) 增加(某事物)
*The darkness is gathering. 夜色渐浓.
* in the gathering gloom of a winter's afternoon 在冬天的一个下午, 天色越来越暗
* The car gathered speed. 汽车速度逐渐加快了.
7 [Tn] (fig 比喻) bring (sth) together in order to make an effort; summon up 聚集或集中(某事物)以尽力; 鼓起; 唤起
*He gathered all his strength and swung the axe. 他用尽全力抡起斧头.
* She sat trying to gather her thoughts before making her speech. 她坐在那里努力集中思想准备发言.
8 (idm 习语) be gathered to one's `fathers (dated or rhet 旧或修辞) die 死. collect/gather one's wits => wit. gather `dust be neglected or unused for a long time 长久忽略或久置不用. a rolling stone gathers no moss => roll2.

n fold or pleat in a garment (衣服上的)褶子.
1. Every summer about a dozen journalists gather at a former army training camp north of London to spend the day watching the training of London's special armed police unit.
    每年夏天,总有大约十几名记者聚集在伦敦北部的一个旧军训营,用一整天来观看伦敦特警部队的训练。

2. While Alfred´s little army slowly began to gather at Athelney, the king himself set out to penetrate the camp of Guthrum, the commander of the Danish invaders.
    阿尔弗雷德人数不多的军队开始在阿塞尔纳慢慢集结时,他亲自潜入丹麦入侵司令官古瑟罗姆的营地。

3. She could gather nothing from them but the feeling of a distinct necessity to leave her home in the next morning.
    她理不出丝毫头绪,只感到有一点很明确:她必须第二天一早就离开这里。

4. B.You gather up your courage, talk about it at home and go to see your doctor.
    b.你鼓起勇气,在家里讨论一番,接着再去看医生。

5. "Whenever any question has to be settled, we gather all the people together in my palace.
    “只要有问题需要解决,我们就把国人召集到我的大殿上。

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