huddle（v）（尤用于被动语态）使某事物聚集在一起
We all huddled around the radio to hear the news。
我们围坐在收音机旁听新闻广播。
Unlike them, he had no siege mentality, and needed no Berlin Wall to huddle behind.
与他们不同，他没有四面受敌的心态，也不需要蜷缩在柏林墙后。
She would huddle in a chair, gazing in front of her, wandering off in the dizzy pursuit of a crack along the floor.
她会蜷缩着坐在椅子上，目光追寻着前方地板上的一道裂缝，盯着看了又看，眼睛发花，出了神。
Yet Western expatriates in China have a far easier time than they did a generation ago. They no longer huddle in drab hotels and endure Maoist standards of food and service.
不过生活在中国的西方侨民要比上一代过的容易多了，他们不用再蜷缩在简陋的旅馆里忍受毛时代的食物和服务标准。
gather（v）聚集，集合；收集，收拢（分散的东西） ～ sth together/up
他开始收集论据以论证他的理论。
These little animals gather nuts from the ground in the autumn.
秋天，这些小动物把地上的坚果收集起来。
Gather some leaves which have an interesting texture and shape.
采集一些带有有趣的纹理和形状的叶子。