English Dictionary

glean

IPA（発音記号）

/ɡliːn/

動詞

比喩的用法

To collect what is left behind (grain, grapes, etc.) after the main harvest or gathering. / To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).

日本語の意味

主要な収穫後に残った穀物、果実などを拾い集めること / 農作物の収穫後に残された物を集める行為

After the harvest, villagers would glean the fields for stray ears of grain.

収穫の後、村人たちは畑を回って残った麥（こくもつ）の穂を拾い集めた。

意味（1）

To collect what is left behind (grain, grapes, etc.) after the main harvest or gathering.

To glean the broken ears after the man / That the main harvest reaps.

意味（2）

To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).

to glean a field

意味（3）

(figuratively) To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.

content to glean what we can from […] experiments

意味（4）

To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts.

He [August Strindberg] gleaned a living from newspaper work for a few months, but in the summer went to a fishing village […] where […] he wrote his great historical drama Master Olof.

gleans （ present singular third-person ）

gleaning （ participle present ）

gleaned （ participle past ）

gleaned （ past ）