Muster



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 召集, 聚集
• ［英］ v. 召集, 聚集 ( to gather or summon)
• ［记］ 和master ( 主人, 大师) 一起记 ( a master has the power to muster)
• ［例］ The troops mustered on the hill.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English mustre, from Anglo-French mostre, monstre, from mustrer
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a representative specimen ; sample
• 2.
  • a. an act of assembling; specifically formal military inspection
  • b. critical examination
  • c. an assembled group ; collection
  • d. inventory

II. verb (mustered; mustering)

• Etymology: Middle English mustren to show, muster, from Anglo-French mustrer, monstrer, from Latin monstrare to show, from monstrum evil omen, monster — more at monster
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to cause to gather ; convene
    • b. to enroll formally — usually used with in or into<was mustered into the army>
    • c. to call the roll of
  • 2.
    • a. to bring together ; collect
    • b. to call forth ; rouse
  • 3. to amount to ; comprise
• intransitive verb
  • to come together ; congregate
• Synonyms: see summon

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