Gather

(noun.) the act of gathering something.

(noun.) sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching.

(verb.) conclude from evidence; 'I gather you have not done your homework'.

(verb.) look for (food) in nature; 'Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall'.

(verb.) draw together into folds or puckers.

(verb.) draw and bring closer; 'she gathered her shawl around her shoulders'.

(verb.) assemble or get together; 'gather some stones'; 'pull your thoughts together'.

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• They exactly correspond, so I gather that the lady went back to the same establishment for the second. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• From the one we gather unquiet speculation, from the other satiety. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Why did all those gentlemen gather round you? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You, my creator, abhor me; what hope can I gather from your fellow-creatures, who owe me nothing? 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Come then with me, until I gather more aid. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• It's going on, and I shall gather it up closer and closer as it goes on. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It seems, from what I gather, to be one of those simple cases which are so extremely difficult. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I think that we have gathered all that we can. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Repentance, replied the man, whose sinister brow gathered clouds as he spoke. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The influence of the fresh air, and the attraction of some flowers gathered from a grave, soon quieted the child. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• As its eyes met Clayton's it stopped, and deliberately, cautiously gathered its hind quarters behind it. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Devils gathered their legions in his sight; their dim, discrowned, and tarnished armies passed rank and file before him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Here there were no white men, no soldiers, nor any rubber or ivory to be gathered for cruel and thankless taskmasters. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Three yellow squares of light shone above us in the gathering gloom. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He made sundials, water clocks, and similar apparatus, a little last gleam of experimental science in the gathering ignorance. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I tried vainly, in the gathering darkness, to see his face. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He forced back the gathering shadows of death, as he forced his clenched right hand to remain clenched, and to cover his wound. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• They were gathering a heart again, they were coming once more into being. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• This IS a gathering of the clans. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Gathering me to his breast, pressing his lips on my lips: so, Jane! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The boy gathers up his change and has pulled the door open by a leather strap nailed to it for the purpose, when Venus cries out: 'Stop him! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mrs. Bagnet gathers up her cloak to wipe her eyes on in a very genuine manner, How could you do it? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• One gathers that Pericles was superior in his demeanour; he betrayed at times a contempt for the citizens he served. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And I may get it as sweet and fresh as the wild honey the bee gathers on the moor. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• But this proceeds only from the relation to ourselves; which in these cases gathers force by being confined to a few persons. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• He's been hung on to, pretty tight, for his shirt's all tore out of the neck-gathers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He no more gathers grapes from thorns or figs from thistles than older men did in old times. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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