collect

accumulate, amass, collect, gather, heap, pile

这些动词均含“积聚，聚集，积累”之意。
accumulate: 几乎可用于指任何事物量的增加，侧重连续不断地，一点一滴地聚积。
amass: 着重大量地积聚，尤指对如金钱、珠宝等有价值东西的大量积聚。
collect: 普通用词，多用于指物，侧重指有区别地作选择或有安排有计划地把零散物集中起来。
gather: 普通用词，指人或物或抽象事物都可用。侧重于围绕一个中心的集合、聚集。
heap: 主要指把沙、石、煤、草等堆高，不强调整齐。
pile: 着重指比较整齐地把东西堆积在一起。

名词 collect:

1. a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England

动词 collect:

1. get or gather together
   同义词：roll up, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
2. call for and obtain payment of
   同义词：take in
3. assemble or get together
   同义词：gather, garner, pull together
4. get or bring together
   同义词：pull in
5. gather or collect
   同义词：pick up, gather up, call for

形容词 collect:

1. payable by the recipient on delivery
   同义词：cod

副词 collect:

1. make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays

1. I tried to collect my thoughts but I was too excited.
   我试图使思想集中起来，但是我太激动了。
2. We are collecting money for the famine victim.
   我们在为遭受饥荒的灾民募捐。
3. This department collects information on political extremists.
   这个部门搜集有关政治极端分子的情报。

collect

v.（动词）
col.lect.ed,col.lect.ing,col.lects
v.tr.（及物动词）
To bring together in a group or mass; gather.
收集：拿到一起使成为一组或一个团体；收集
To accumulate as a hobby or for study.
收集：作为一个爱好或为学习而聚积
To call for and obtain payment of:
收款，收帐：要求获得支付：
例句：
collect taxes.
收税

To recover control of:
使镇定：重新控制住：
例句：
collect one`s emotions.
镇定情绪

To call for (someone); pick up:
接走：要求（某人）；接走：
例句：
collected the children and drove home.
接走孩子开车回家

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To come together in a group or mass; gather.See Synonyms at gather
聚集：来到一起成为一组或一个团体；聚集参见 gather
To take in payments or donations:
募集：接受付款或捐款：
例句：
collecting for charity.
慈善募捐

adv.（副词）
adj.Abbr. col.,coll.（形容词）缩写 col.,coll.
With payment to be made by the receiver:
对方付款地：由收到者付款地：
例句：
called collect; a collect phone call.
打对方付款电话；对方付款电话

来源：
Middle English collecten
中古英语 collecten
from Latin colligere collôct-
源自 拉丁语 colligere collôct-
com- [com-]
com- [前缀，表.与.]
legere [to gather] * see leg-
legere [聚集] *参见 leg-

collect
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n.Ecclesiastical （名词）【基督教会】
A brief formal prayer that is used in various Western liturgies before the epistle and that varies with the day.
短祷告：在特定日子里所念的短的正式的祈祷文

来源：
Middle English collecte
中古英语 collecte
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Medieval Latin collôcta [short for] (ôr3tiô ad) collôctam [(prayer at the) gathering]
源自 中世纪拉丁语 collôcta [] (ôr3tiô ad) collôctam的缩写 [（祈祷）集会]
from Latin collôctus [gathered] [past participle of] colligere [to gather] * see collect
源自 拉丁语 collôctus [聚集在一起] [] colligere的过去分词 [聚集] *参见 collect