gather

vt.

1. 收集；召集；使聚集[（+together）]
   He is gathering materials for a new book.

   他正在收集資料準備寫一本新書。

2. 積聚；積蓄
   This cloth gathers dust.

   這種布容易積灰塵。

3. 收拾；摘；採集；收割[（+in/up）]
   The girl is gathering flowers.

   女孩在採花。

   She gathered her books and went to school.

   她收拾好書本去上學。

4. 漸增
   The sled gathered speed as it moved down the hill.

   雪橇向山下滑動時速度變得越來越快。

5. 猜想，推測[+（that）]
   I gather that he is the one in charge.

   我猜想他是負責的人。

6. 使皺起
   She gathered her brows into a frown.

   她皺起了眉。

vi.

1. 積聚；集合
   A crowd gathered at the scene of the accident.

   出事地點聚集了一群人。

2. （眉等）皺起
3. 生膿，化膿