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glean

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v.拾落穗,收集

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名词:gleaner 动词过去式:gleaned 过去分词:gleaned 现在分词:gleaning 第三人称单数:gleans

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glean


/gli:n; ˇlin/
v
1 [I, Tn] gather (grain left in a field by harvest workers) 拾(收割者落在地里的谷物).
2 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tf] ~ sth (from sb/sth) (fig 比喻) obtain (news, facts, information, etc) usu from various sources, in small quantities and with effort 搜集(消息、资料、情报等)(通常指来源广、零碎而费力)
*glean a few bits of information from overhearing various conversations 从旁边听到的谈话中搜集点滴信息
* From what people said, I managed to glean that he wasn't coming. 我从别人说话中总算弄清楚他不来了.

glean


v
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: glener, from Late Latin glennare]
[T]
to find out information slowly and with difficulty
glean sth from sb/sth
 Additional information was gleaned from other sources.
[I and T]
to collect grain that has been left behind after the crops have been cut