collect someone/something from somewhere collocation mainly UK to go to a place and bring someone or something away from it: 取,领取;接走 She arranged to call in on her way to collect Abby from school. They collected the car from the garage the next day. See
collectverb She collected an empty trolley from the bay and started to walk slowly past the displays of fruit and vegetables. I had just collected my partner from the station and was driving through town. He went off to collect the lawnmower from the repair shop. I'll collect you from the station.我会去车站接你。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Taking things away from someone or somewhere appropriate bear away carry someone away carry something off confiscate debug drain drain (something) away drainage dredge expropriate expropriation relieve remove rob root something/someone out rout someone out seize shear sweep |