| 释义 |
glean
\ˈglēn\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English glenen, from Middle French glener, from Late Latin glenare, glennare, of Gaulish origin; akin to Middle Irish digliunn I glean; akin to Russian glyadet' to look — more at glent
intransitive verb
1. : to pick up or gather together the scattered remainder of grain or other produce dropped or left lying by reapers or other regular gatherers
< spent hours gleaning in the wheat fields >
2. : to pick up, gather together, or acquire information or other material bit by bit from some source : gradually scrape together facts or other material found here and there in some source
< they learned what they wanted to know by gleaning through the library >
transitive verb
1.
a. : to pick up or gather together (scattered grain or other produce left by reapers or other regular gatherers)
< gleaning stray ears of corn >
b. : to strip (as a grain field) by gleaning : leave bare by gleaning
< gleaning a vineyard >
2.
a. : to pick up or scrape together (information, facts, or other material) in piecemeal fashion : acquire bit by bit from some source
< many stimulating ideas can be gleaned from that magazine >
: manage to get
< later on I gleaned an idea of your mother's strong character — Clemence Dane >
< gleaned a little hope from that — H.A.Chippendale >
< some money can be gleaned from the venture >
b. : to go over or through carefully so as to discover and pick up bits of information or other material
< the writings of our bolder ancestors are gleaned for signs of conformity — Philip Edwards >
3. : to find out in a superficial way or gain a cursory knowledge of by piecing together bits of information or other material picked up from some source
< I will call again to glean your views — H.J.Laski >
: make out : learn, ascertain
< I could not glean what he really meant >
< gleaning their whereabouts from what they had said before leaving >
Synonyms: see reap |