glean

• 指费力地、一点一点地搜集信息、知识或材料，也指在收割后拾取田间遗落的谷物。

A verb used to indicate the act of collecting or extracting information, knowledge, or material gradually and often with effort, originally from gathering leftover grain after a harvest.

1. Collect information graduallyC1formal

   To gather information, knowledge, or facts slowly and carefully from various sources.

   逐渐收集信息

   • The detective gleaned important clues from the witness's testimony.
   • She gleaned valuable insights from the research papers.
   • We can glean useful data from these surveys.

   同义词accumulatecollectculldeduceextractfind outgatherlearnobtainpick up

2. Gather leftover cropsC2formal

   To collect leftover grain or produce from a field after the main harvest.

   拾穗

   • The poor were allowed to glean the fields after the harvest.
   • Farmers traditionally glean the remaining wheat for animal feed.
   • She gleaned a basket of vegetables from the abandoned garden.

   同义词collectcullgatherpickscavenge