vt.

1. 收集，采集；使集合
   Why do you collect stamps?

   你为何集邮？

2. 领取（信件等）；接走
   He's gone to collect his daughter.

   他去接女儿了。

3. 收（租，税，帐等）；募捐
4. 使镇定；使（思想）集中
   Give the speaker a few minutes to collect herself and then begin the programme.

   给演讲者几分钟镇定一下，然后就开始这项节目。

vi.

1. 聚集，堆积
   Water collects in hollows.

   水在坑洼处聚集。

2. 收款，收帐[（+for）]

a.

1. （电话，电报等）受话人（或收报人等）付费的
   As I had no money with me, I made a collect call.

   因为身上没钱，我打了一个由对方付款的电话。

ad.

1. （打电话，电报等时）由受话人（或收报人等）付费
   You can call me collect.

   你可以打由我付款的电话给我。

n.

1. 【宗】短祷告[C]

v.

1. bring or gather together.
   ▸systematically seek and acquire (items of a particular kind) as a hobby.
2. call for and take away; fetch.
   ▸call for and receive (something) as a right or due.
3. (collect oneself) regain control of oneself, typically after a shock.
4. archaic conclude; infer.
5. Austral./NZ informal collide with.

adv.

adj.

n.