vt.

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

   你為何集郵？

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

   他去接女兒了。

3. 收（租，稅，帳等）；募捐
4. 使鎮定；使（思想）集中
   Give the speaker a few minutes to collect herself and then begin the programme.

   給演講者幾分鐘集中思考一下，然後就開始這項節目。

vi.

1. 聚集，堆積
   Water collects in hollows.

   水在坑窪處聚集。

2. 收款，收帳[（+for）]

a.

1. （電話，電報等）受話人（或收報人等）付費的
   As I had no money with me, I made a collect call.

   因為身上沒錢，我打了一個由對方付款的電話。

ad.

1. （打電話，電報等時）由受話人（或收報人等）付費
   You can call me collect.

   你可以打由我付款的電話給我。

n.

1. 【宗】短禱告[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.