【每日一词】 glean - vt. 收集（资料）；拾（落穗）vi. 收集；拾捡（收割后散落的谷物）；vt. 从各种渠道提取信息；发现，找出来。

Definition:

　　intransitive verb

　　1: to gather grain or other produce left by reapers

　　2: to gather information or material bit by bit

　　transitive verb

　　1a: to pick up after a reaper

　　1b: to strip of the leavings of reapers

　　glean a field

　　2a: to gather (something, such as information) bit by bit

　　can glean secrets from his hard drive

　　2b: to pick over in search of relevant material

　　gleaning old files for information

　　3: FIND OUT

　　The police used old-fashioned detective work to glean his whereabouts.

Examples of glean in a Sentence

　　She gleaned her data from various studies.

　　He has a collection of antique tools gleaned from flea markets and garage sales.

　　They spent days gleaning the files for information.

　　They spent hours gleaning in the wheat fields.

　　gleaning stray ears of corn

Recent Examples on the Web

　　Trump could learn something here May 9, 2024 Even strategists for Davis can’t agree on the lessons gleaned from the Democrats’ uphill reelection effort.

　　—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024

　　True, the insights gleaned from the tiny sample have not yet unraveled the mysteries of autism, schizophrenia, or depression.

　　—Adam Piore — Boston Globe, STAT, 10 May 2024