1 [T] to bring a number of things together 收集: All the exam papers will be collected at the end. 全部试卷将在考试结束时收回。

2 [T] to get and keep together a number of objects of a particular type over a period of time as a hobby 作为爱好收集（某类物品）: He used to collect stamps. 他以前爱集邮。

3 [I,T] to ask for money from a number of people 募捐；征收: to collect for charity 为慈善团体募捐The landlord collects the rent at the end of each month. 房东每到月底就收房租。

4 [I] to come together 集合；聚集: A crowd collected to see what was going on. 人们聚在一起看热闹。 [SYN] gather 同义词为gather

5 [T] (especially Brit 尤为英) to go and get sb/sth from a particular place; to pick sb/sth up 接（某人）；取（某物）: to collect the children from school 到学校接孩子

6 [T] collect yourself/sth to get control of yourself, your feelings, thoughts, etc 控制自己的心情、思绪等: She collected herself and went back into the room as if nothing had happened. 她打起精神回到房间去，彷佛什么事也没有发生过。I tried to collect my thoughts before the exam. 考试之前我尽力集中精神。