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词汇 collection
释义 collection
noun
uk /kəˈlek.ʃən/ us /kəˈlek.ʃən/

collectionnoun (THINGS TOGETHER)


B1[ C ]
a group of objects of one type that have been collected by one person or in one place: 收藏品;收集物
a private art collection私人艺术收藏品
a valuable stamp collection珍贵的邮票收藏品
[ C ]
an amount of money collected from several people, or the act of collecting money: 募集的钱;捐的款;募捐的钱
have a collectionUKWe're having a collection for Tom's retirement present.我们正凑钱准备给汤姆买退休礼物。
B1[ C ]
a lot of things or people: 许多,大量
There's quite a collection of toothbrushes in the bathroom.浴室里有一大堆牙刷。
[ C ]
a range of new clothes produced by one clothes designer: (某位服装设计师的)一系列新装作品
Kenzo's summer/winter collection高田贤三的夏装/冬装系列
There's an Egyptian art collection on display at the museum at the moment.
Rosie has a massive collection of furry toys.罗茜有一大堆毛绒玩具。
The curator guided us round the gallery, pointing out the most famous paintings in the collection.
Her latest fashion collection features shimmering iridescent materials.她最近推出的时装系列的特色是采用闪闪发亮、色彩斑斓的材料。
Rachel bought yet another pair of shoes to add to her collection.雷切尔已经有那么多鞋,居然又买了一双。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Groups and collections of things
age bracket
agglomerate
agglomeration
Aladdin's cave
anthology
array
basket
bunch
crop
empty set
ensemble
family
feast
glory box
portfolio
selection
sheaf
sheaves
starter pack
store cupboard

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Payment methods
Amounts of money
Fashion

collectionnoun (GETTING)


B2[ C or U ]
the act of taking something away from a place: 领取;收取;拿走
ready for collectionThe tickets will be ready for collection on Tuesday afternoon.
Which day is the rubbish collection?哪天收垃圾?
UKThere are three collections a day from the post box on the corner.街角的邮箱每天收取信件3次。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Transferring and transporting objects
air freight
bearer
borne
bring
budge
carry
conveyance
deliver
heft
import
light speed
manhandle
paper round
payload
pick
shunt
transference
truck
virement
wheel

collection | American Dictionary


collection
noun[ C ]
us/kəˈlek·ʃən/
money that people give for a special purpose, a person in need, or an organization:
We’re taking (up) a collection for his retirement gift (= getting money from people who want to give it).

collection | Business English


collection
noun
uk /kəˈlekʃən/us
[ C or U ]
the act or job of taking something away from a place:
We will inform you when your goods are ready for collection.
refuse/waste collectionWhich public authority is responsible for waste collection?
[ C or U ] FINANCE
the activity of collecting money that is owed, or the money collected:
debt/rent/tax collectionLast week, the state reported that tax collections are up 11.5% for this fiscal year.
I get involved with finance and rent collection.
[ C or U ] BANKING
the act of arranging for the amount written on a cheque to be paid out of a bank account:
The Federal Reserve Banks provide check collection services to depository institutions.
[ U ]
the process of bringing information together from different places:
We make software and bar-code products for data collection.
[ C ]
a group of objects that someone has collected as a hobby or investment:
an antiques/book/coin, etc. collection

See also


documentary collection

Examples of collection


collection
Other case types frequently encountered include foreclosures, collections and repossessions, child support, and wage claims.
Of its twenty-four tales, at least eight and as many as twelve can be described as exempla or exemplum collections.
In exemplum collections intended for preachers the fiction of the life disappears completely.
We do not know what such collections ultimately yielded.
Similar collections were repeated in 1493, although in neither case do we know what sums were involved.
The validity of these specific distinctions will only be assessable when more comprehensive collections become available.
My debts to smaller and private collections are acknowledged in the notes.
An additional attraction of this book is the well-chosen series of illustrations - maps, drawings, and photographs - from not easily accessible publications and archival collections.
Edited collections of essays on a single topic usually suffer from an uneven coverage of relevant material and a lack of integration.
In both, rents were rising and collections declining: the 'living' were being progressively relieved of their fiscal obligations.
Their works did not hang in major public collections, nor were they subsequently included within mainstream art history.
Our collections are small - about 10 specimens of that element or less at each locality - but the general impression is that of a single population.
Viruses may well, indeed, have originated as collections of breakaway genes.
However, the relationship between the museum, its collections and its contribution to political or national identity has changed since its foundation.
The collections are the same, but do they now have to be reinterpreted to reflect the changes in time?
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Collocations withcollection


collection

These are words often used in combination with collection.

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coin collection
They convinced the museum's board to purchase the artifact for $1 million, which the museum funded through the sale of its coin collection.
From
Wikipedia

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collection plate
For every pound that was being put in the collectionplate, £3 was being stolen from the vestry.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
collection procedure
A second factor that might influence the relative availability of stem cells is the invasiveness of the collectionprocedure.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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