Glean



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 拾落穗; 收集 ( 材料等)
• ［英］ v. 拾落穗 ( to gather grains left by reapers) ; 收集 ( 材料等) ( to collect or find out)
• ［例］ glean information about sb's family

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English glenen, from Anglo-French glener, from Late Latin glennare, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish doglenn he selects
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to gather grain or other produce left by reapers
  • 2. to gather information or material bit by bit
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to pick up after a reaper
    • b. to strip (as a field) of the leavings of reapers
  • 2.
    • a. to gather (as information) bit by bit
    • b. to pick over in search of relevant material <gleaning old files for information>
  • 3. find out
• ? gleanable adjective
• ? gleaner noun

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