Glean

glean







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vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    點滴搜集(消息、材料等)

                      Much of the information he gleaned was of no practical use.

                      他所搜集的許多信息沒有實用價值。

          2.    拾(落穗)



vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    拾落穗





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



glean (v.)   

 

is Standard, meaning either "to gather painstakingly, laboriously" or simply "to gather," as in We gleaned what we could from the local gossip. 



Glean still has its historic sense, "to collect grain left behind by the reapers," although the job itself has practically disappeared from Western agriculture. 





　

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