early 14c., "to gather by acquisition, scrape together," especially grains left in the field after harvesting, but the earliest use in English is figurative, from Old French glener "to glean" (14c., Modern French glaner) "to glean," from Late Latin glennare "make a collection," of unknown origin. Perhaps from Gaulish (compare Old Irish do-glinn "he collects, gathers," Celtic glan "clean, pure"). Figurative sense was earlier in English than the literal one of "gather grain left by the reapers" (late 14c.). Related: Gleaned; gleaning.
权威例句
1. From what I was able to glean, it appears they don't intend to take any action yet.
根据我所收集到的资料分析, 他们看来还不打算采取任何行动.
2. From these I glean an approach: I admit we harvested the beavers.
我从这些案例中摸索出了一个办法: 先承认我们是在清理海狸.
3. The little information that we could glean about them was largely contradictory.
我们能够收集到的有关它们的少量信息大部分是自相矛盾的.
4. The glean [ glial ] tissue is where the largest presentage [ percentage ] of brain semars [ tumors ] begin.