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单词 collector
释义 col·lec·tor
I. \kəˈlektə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English colector, collectour, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French collecteur, from Medieval Latin collector one who collects, from Latin collectus (past participle of colligere to bring together) + -or — more at collect
1. : an official who collects funds or moneys: as
 a. : an officer commissioned to collect and receive revenues
 b. Britain : one that collects parish alms
 c. : the administrative head of a district in some provinces of British India
 d. : one authorized to collect debts and accounts due: as
  (1) : a clerk or agent who by telephone, correspondence, or personal visits attempts to collect delinquent accounts and sometimes cuts off service or repossesses merchandise if payment is not made
  (2) : one that makes collection at regular intervals of installment payments or insurance premiums
 e. : a messenger who acts as a bank's agent in presenting checks, drafts, and money orders to local banks for payment or acceptance
 f. : one that collects money from coin boxes of public and private pay telephones and computes and pays a percentage refund to subscribers when cash exceeds the maximum guarantee
2. : one that makes a collection
 < a stamp collector >
 < a collector of first editions >
3. : an object or device that collects
 < the statuette was a fine dust collector >
 < a collector lowered overboard to gather plankton specimens >
4.
 a. : a conductor maintaining contact between moving and stationary parts of an electric circuit (as one of the tinsel brushes on an induction machine or the third-rail shoe of an electric-railway car)
 b. : a device (as an electrode) that collects moving electrons
 c. : the output terminal of a transistor
5. in the flotation process of ore dressing : a chemical used to increase the floating capacity of a mineral
II. noun
: solar collector herein
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