thu lượm
Definition
- Verb:
- To collect: To gather or pick up items, often from various places, and bring them together. This can refer to collecting physical objects or abstract things like information or experiences.
- To glean: To gather material or information bit by bit, often from what is left over or available in the environment.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Các nhà khoa học đã thu lượm được nhiều mẫu vật quý. (The scientists managed to collect many valuable specimens.)
- Trẻ con thích thu lượm những viên sỏi đẹp trên bãi biển. (Children like to collect pretty pebbles on the beach.)
- Anh ấy thu lượm kinh nghiệm sau mỗi chuyến công tác. (He gleans experience after every business trip.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often implies a process of gathering things that are scattered, not centrally located, or require effort to find. It can carry a nuance of careful selection or gathering for a specific purpose.
Variants and Related Words
- Thu thập (v): To collect, to gather (often used for data, information, or in a more systematic context).
- Thu thập dữ liệu cho dự án. (To collect data for the project.)
- Nhặt (v): To pick up (often individual items from the ground).
- Nhặt rác trên đường. (To pick up trash on the street.)
- Gom (v): To gather, to round up (often into a pile or a single location).
- Gom sách cũ để bán. (To gather old books to sell.)
Synonyms
- Collect: To bring items together into a group.
- Gather: To come together, or to bring things together.
- Glean: To collect information or objects slowly and carefully.
Related Idioms
- Thu lượm kiến thức: To glean knowledge.
- Cô ấy thu lượm kiến thức từ nhiều nguồn sách khác nhau. (She gleans knowledge from many different book sources.)
- Thu lượm thành quả: To reap the rewards/results (often of one's labor).
- Sau bao nỗ lực, giờ là lúc thu lượm thành quả. (After so much effort, now is the time to reap the rewards.)
verb
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to collect
