collect1/kəˋlɛkt; kəˈlekt/v 1 [T] to get things and bring them together 收集﹔使集中: I’ll collect everyone's papers at the end of the test. 我会在测验结束时把大家的卷子收起来。2 [T] to keep objects of the same type because they interest you 收藏: Ann collects teddy bears. 安收藏玩具熊。3 [I,T] to ask people to give money for a particular purpose 募捐﹐募集: +for I’m collecting for Children in Need. 我在为“关怀儿童”募捐。4 [I] to come together in a place 聚集: A crowd had collected at the scene of the accident. 事故现场已经聚集了一群人。5 [T] especially BrE to go to a particular place and bring someone or something away [ pick up ] 【尤英】接走〔某人〕﹔领取〔某物〕: collect sb from sth Can you collect the kids from school? 你能去接孩子们放学吗?6 collect yourself/your thoughts to make yourself calmer and able to think more clearly 使自己镇定/集中思想: I want to collect my thoughts before the meeting begins. 我想在会议开始前整理一下思绪。
collect2adj , adv AmE 【美】1 call/phone sb collect if you call someone collect, the person who gets the telephone call pays for it [ reverse the charges BrE 【英】] 打受话人付费电话 2 collect call a telephone call that is paid for by the person who gets it 受话人付费电话