Collection
[kə'lekʃ(ə)n] or [kə'lɛkʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the act of gathering something together.
(noun.) a publication containing a variety of works.
(noun.) several things grouped together or considered as a whole.
编辑:兰德尔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.
(n.) That which is collected
(n.) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons.
(n.) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings.
(n.) That which is obtained in payment of demands.
(n.) An accumulation of any substance.
(n.) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
(n.) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
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同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Assemblage, group, cluster, gathering, crowd.[2]. Accumulation, heap, mass, hoard, store, pile, aggregation.[3]. Contribution (for charitable purposes).
整理:瓦莱丽
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Assembly, assemblage, store, gathering, collation
ANT:Dispersion, distribution, dispensation, division, arrangement, disposal,classification
校对:马尔科姆
例句:
- Those are the facts of the case, Doctor, and if they are of any use to your collection, I am sure that they are very heartily at your service. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- There's not a fork or a spoon in the collection, said Miss Pross, that I didn't cry over, last night after the box came, till I couldn't see it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- I have added to my collection of birds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- There were juvenile letters and petitions from Rebecca, too, in the collection, imploring aid for her father or declaring her own gratitude. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It appeared to be a collection of back lanes, ditches, and little gardens, and to present the aspect of a rather dull retirement. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- We have got our case--one of the most remarkable in our collection. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- However, he early began his collection of minerals and observed the relation of the soil and the vegetation to the underlying ro cks. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- We admired it so much, that I have ventured to write it into Miss Smith's collection. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- It consisted of a large collection of bolts and screws which had been _cold-punched_, as well as of elevator and carrier chains, the links of which had been so punched. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- He had an immense collection of second-hand books. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- I trust that you don't consider your collection closed. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- I had a very choice collection of ballads, and there was a new stock of gingerbread in the tin box. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Never before was such a collection of the languages of the world made. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- That's the whole collection, said the old man, all cooped up together, by my noble and learned brother. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- It is a curious collection. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- The crust of the earth is a vast museum; but the natural collections have been imperfectly made, and only at long intervals of time. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The next year he was recalled to Freiberg as teacher of mineralogy and curator of collections. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Burton's Historical Collections_; they were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 volumes in all. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- We wandered through the endless collections of paintings and statues of the Pitti and Ufizzi galleries, of course. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- That our collections are imperfect is admitted by every one. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- I notice that all travelers supply deficiencies in their collections in the same way. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- In this age of literature, such collections on a very grand scale are not uncommon. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- So few silver forks have been found in collections of old silver that it forces the belief that they were generally made of steel, with bone handles. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- They have to use those in the public libraries or in private collections. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Large collections of his work are to be found in the Louvre, the H?tel de Cluny, and at Sèvres. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- These string bundles were called _quipus_, but though quipus are still to be found in collections, the art of reading them is altogether lost. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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