glean「四處蒐集；收集」運用

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Word of the Day：June 6， 2021

glean

四處蒐集（資訊、知識等）；收集

verb GLEEN

Definition

1：to gather grain or other produce left by reapers

收集收割者留下的糧食或其他作物

2：to gather information or material bit by bit

一點一點地收集資訊或材料

3 a：to pick up after a reaper

跟在收割者後面撿東西

b：to strip of the leavings of reapers

帶走收割者的遺留物

4 a：to gather （something， such as information） bit by bit

一點一點地收集（某物，如資訊）

b：to pick over in search of relevant material

翻來覆去找相關資料

5：find out

發現；找出

Examples

“Every year since Arecibo‘s completion， in 1963， hundreds of researchers from around the world had taken turns pointing the radio telescope toward the sky to glean the secrets of the universe。” — Daniel Alarcón， The New Yorker， 29 Mar 2021

“自1963年阿雷西博建成以來，每年都有來自世界各地的數百名研究員輪流用射電望遠鏡對準天空，收集宇宙的秘密。”

“When we arrived at that hut at mid-afternoon， we saw no signs of life about it。 The field near by had been denuded of its crop some time before， and had a skinned look， so exhaustively had it been harvested and gleaned。” — Mark Twain， A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court， 1889

“當我們中午來到那間小屋，我們沒有看到它的活力生機。附近的田地前段時間已經收穫了莊稼，（現在）看起來被剝了皮，已經被收割和收集過了。 ”

Did You Know?

Glean comes from Middle English glenen， which traces to Anglo-French glener， meaning “to glean。” The French borrowed their word from Late Latin glennare， which also means “to glean” and is itself of Celtic origin。 Both the grain-gathering sense and the collecting-bit-by-bit senses of English‘s glean date back at least to the 14th century。 Over the years， and especially in the 20th and 21st centuries， glean has also come to be used frequently with the meaning “to find out， learn， ascertain。” This sense has been criticized by folks who think glean should always imply the drudgery involved in the literal grain-gathering sense， but it is well established and perfectly valid。

Glean 源於中古英語 glenen，可以追溯到Anglo-French glener，意為“to glean「收集」”。法國人從 Late Latin 中借用了 glennare，也有“to glean「收集」”的意思，這個詞本身來源於 Celtic 。英語 glean 收集穀物和點點滴滴收集的意思，至少可追溯到14世紀（這兩個含義大概出現在十四世紀）。多年來，特別是在20世紀和21世紀，glean 也經常被用來表示“to find out 「找出」、learn「學習」、ascertain「確定」”的意思。有些人認為 glean 總是字面意義上 “grain-gathering「收集穀物」”，一項苦差事，但這一觀念卻遭到了批評，但它確實是一個公認的、完全正確的概念。

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