Word · Frequency #4936
gathering
聚会；集会
A meeting or social get-together; a party or social function.
- 1.
A meeting or get-together; a party or social function.
聚会；集会。
- 2.
a group of persons together in one place
一群人在一个地方聚集
- 3.
A group of people or things.
一群人；一组事物。
- 4.
the social act of assembling
聚会的社交行为
- 5.
A section, a group of bifolios, or sheets of paper, stacked together and folded in half.
书帖:一叠对折的纸或双联页,装订成册的一部分。
- 6.
the act of gathering something
收集某物的行为
- 7.
A charitable contribution; a collection.
慈善捐款；募捐。
- 8.
The collection of produce, items, goods, etc.; the practice of collecting food from nature.
采集:收集农产品、物品等；从自然界采集食物的行为。
- 9.
A tumor or boil suppurated or maturated; an abscess.
脓肿；脓包。
人群；一群（人或物）；聚集；集合；收集；采集；募捐；捐款；收获；采集（野生食物）
In use
There was a large gathering of people in the town square to celebrate the festival.
The family gathering at Thanksgiving included relatives from all over the country.
A gathering of scientists discussed the latest research findings at the conference.
a gathering of + plural noun
表示一群人或物的集合。
There was a large gathering of people in the square.
广场上聚集了一大群人。
a family/social gathering
指家庭或社交类的聚会。
We had a small family gathering for the holiday.
我们为节日举行了一次小型家庭聚会。
hold/organize a gathering
动词常用hold或organize搭配。
Connections
Collocations
- family gathering
- 家庭聚会
- We had a big family gathering for the Spring Festival.春节期间我们举行了一次大型家庭聚会。
- social gathering
- 社交聚会
- The conference ended with a social gathering in the hotel lobby.会议以在酒店大堂举行的社交聚会结束。
- large gathering
- 大型集会
- Police were deployed to manage the large gathering in the square.警方被部署到广场管理大型集会。
- informal gathering
- 非正式聚会
- It was just an informal gathering of close friends.那只是亲密朋友间的非正式聚会。
- annual gathering
- 年度聚会
- The alumni association holds an annual gathering every December.校友会每年十二月举行年度聚会。
- gathering of experts
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Gathering音似'盖得令'，想象一群人盖印章领命令，聚集在一起。
Context & Register
中性；常用于家庭聚会、社交集会、会议等场合。注意：该词作为名词时通常指一群人聚集在一起，可正式也可非正式，但多用于非正式或半正式场合。
Grammar Note
常用搭配 gathering of，表示…的聚集。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'blathering' and 'lathering' rhyme exactly with 'gathering' (same stressed vowel /æ/ and following sounds /ðərɪŋ/). Beware of lookalikes like 'weathering' (/ˈwɛðərɪŋ/), 'together' (/təˈɡɛðər/), and 'feathering' (/ˈfɛðərɪŋ/) which differ in vowel or stress.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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