Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #11171
glean
拾落穗；收集
to gather natural products, especially leftover grain after the harvest
- 1.
To collect (fruit, grain, or other produce) from a field, an orchard, etc., after the main gathering or harvest.
- 2.
To gather (something, now chiefly something intangible such as experience or information) in small amounts over a period of time, often with some difficulty; to scrape together.
- 3.
To take away (someone's) possessions; to strip (someone) bare.
- 4.
Of an animal, especially a bat or a bird: to feed by picking up or plucking (prey, mainly arthropods such as insects) from various places.
- 5.
To collect fruit, grain, or other produce after the main gathering or harvest.
- 6.
Of an animal, especially a bat or a bird: to feed by picking up or plucking prey, mainly arthropods such as insects, from various places.
拾落穗；收集
In use
After the harvest, the villagers were allowed to glean the leftover wheat from the fields.
From his long conversation with the librarian, I managed to glean a few useful tips for the research project.
She spent years gleaning rare details about her family history from old letters and diaries.
glean sth from sth/sb
常与 from 连用，表示从某处逐步收集零散信息。
We gleaned valuable information from the report.
我们从报告中收集到了宝贵的信息。
glean sth
本义指收割后拾取落穗，引申为收集；现代英语中更常见的是第一义。
The villagers used to glean wheat after the harvest.
村民们过去常在收割后拾麦穗。
Verb forms
base glean · third person gleans · -ing gleaning · past gleaned · past participle gleaned
Connections
Collocations
- glean information
- 收集信息
- Investigators gleaned information from public records.调查人员从公开记录中收集了信息。
- glean insights
- 获得洞见
- The report helps readers glean insights into consumer behaviour.这份报告帮助读者深入了解消费者行为。
- glean clues
- 搜集线索
- Visitors can glean clues about the city's history from the museum.参观者可以从博物馆了解这座城市历史的线索。
- glean meaning from context
- 从语境中推断含义
- You can often glean the meaning of unfamiliar words from context.你通常可以从语境中推断出生词的含义。
- glean knowledge
- 获取知识
- She gleaned knowledge from years of practical experience.她从多年的实践经验中获取了知识。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
glean像grain（谷物），想象在田里捡拾落穗，引申为仔细收集零星信息。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：written reports、academic articles、historical accounts of farming glean 的语体随用法略有不同：表示“从资料中一点点搜集（信息、事实）”时多用于书面语和正式场合；表示“拾落穗”时比较常见于农业或历史叙述。日常口语中不太常用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
除 ocean 外，这些词都与 glean /ɡliːn/ 押韵：clean /kliːn/、mean /miːn/、bean /biːn/、green /ɡriːn/、seen /siːn/。注意 glean 拼作 -ean，clean/mean/bean 也是；但 ocean 也以 -ean 结尾，却读作 /ˈəʊʃən/，并不押韵。green 和 seen 拼作 -een，也押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.