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单词 gatherer
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gath•er /ˈgæðɚ/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to bring or come together into one group, collection, or place;
    collect;
    accumulate: [+ object]to gather firewood.[no object]A crowd gathered.
  2. Agriculture to pick or harvest from a place of growth:[+ object]to gather vegetables from the garden.
  3. to pick up piece by piece:[+ object]Gather your toys from the floor.
  4. to scoop up:[+ object]She gathered the crying child in her arms.
  5. to increase:[+ object]The car quickly gathered speed.
  6. to assemble or collect, as for an effort: [+ object]I gathered my energy for one last try.[+ oneself + up]He gathered himself up for the effort.[+ up + object]She gathered up her courage.
  7. to learn or conclude from observation;
    infer;
    deduce;
    understand: [+ (that) clause]I gather that she is the real leader.[+ object]He's rich? Yes, I gathered that.
  8. to wrap around or bring close to:[+ object]He gathered his scarf around his neck.
  9. to pull (cloth) along a thread in fine folds or puckers by means of even stitches:[+ object]She gathered the hem of the dress.

n. [countable]
  1. a drawing together;
    contraction.
  2. TextilesOften, gathers. [plural] a fold, pleat, or pucker, as in cloth.
gath•er•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gath•er  (gaᵺər),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to bring together into one group, collection, or place:to gather firewood; to gather the troops.
  2. to bring together or assemble from various places, sources, or people;
    collect gradually:The college is gathering a faculty from all over the country.
  3. to serve as a center of attention for;
    attract:A good football game always gathers a crowd.
  4. Agricultureto pick or harvest (any crop or natural yield) from its place of growth or formation:to gather fruit; to gather flowers.
  5. to pick up piece by piece:Gather your toys from the floor.
  6. to pick or scoop up:She gathered the crying child in her arms.
  7. to collect (as taxes, dues, money owed, etc.).
  8. to accumulate;
    increase:The storm gathers force. The car gathered speed.
  9. to take by selection from among other things;
    sort out;
    cull.
  10. to assemble or collect (one's energies or oneself ) as for an effort (often fol. by up):He gathered up his strength for the hard job.
  11. to learn or conclude from observation;
    infer;
    deduce:I gather that he is the real leader.
  12. to wrap or draw around or close:He gathered his scarf around his neck.
  13. to contract (the brow) into wrinkles.
  14. to draw (cloth) up on a thread in fine folds or puckers by means of even stitches.
  15. Printing[Bookbinding.]to assemble (the printed sections of a book) in proper sequence for binding.
  16. Nautical, Naval Termsto gain (way) from a dead stop or extremely slow speed.
  17. Metallurgyto increase the sectional area of (stock) by any of various operations.
  18. Ceramics[Glassmaking.]to accumulate or collect (molten glass) at the end of a tube for blowing, shaping, etc.

v.i. 
  1. to come together around a central point;
    assemble:Let's gather round the fire and sing.
  2. to collect or accumulate:Clouds were gathering in the northeast.
  3. to grow, as by accretion;
    increase.
  4. Textilesto become contracted into wrinkles, folds, creases, etc., as the brow or as cloth.
  5. to come to a head, as a sore in suppurating.
  6. Idioms be gathered to one's fathers, to die.

n. 
  1. a drawing together;
    contraction.
  2. TextilesOften, gathers. a fold or pucker, as in gathered cloth.
  3. an act or instance of gathering.
  4. an amount or number gathered, as during a harvest.
  5. [Glassmaking.]a mass of molten glass attached to the end of a punty.
  • bef. 900; Middle English gaderen, Old English gaderian, derivative of geador together, akin to gæd fellowship; compare together, good
gather•a•ble, adj. 
gather•er, n. 
    • 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged accumulate, amass, garner, hoard. Gather, assemble, collect, muster, marshal imply bringing or drawing together. Gather expresses the general idea usually with no implication of arrangement:to gather seashells.Assemble is used of objects or facts brought together preparatory to arranging them:to assemble data for a report.Collect implies purposeful accumulation to form an ordered whole:to collect evidence.Muster, primarily a military term, suggests thoroughness in the process of collection:to muster all one's resources.Marshal, another term primarily military, suggests rigorously ordered, purposeful arrangement:to marshal facts for effective presentation.
    • 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pluck, crop, reap, glean, garner.
    • 11.See corresponding entry in Unabridged assume, understand.
    • 20.See corresponding entry in Unabridged accrete.
    • 1, 19.See corresponding entry in Unabridged separate, disperse.

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