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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

collector [kə'lεktər]
  1. 1. noun [c] [of art, stamps etc] 收藏家
  2. 2. noun tax/debt collector 收税/讨债员
    a collector's item
    一件收藏品

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

collector [kə 'lεktɚ] [kə 'lektə]
  1. 1. noun 收集的人（或物）；收集物，收集器；尤指收税员，（过期未付帐单等的）收款员
  2. 2. noun 收集的人（或物）；收集物，收集器；尤指（邮票、书等的）搜集者；采集者；收藏家，藏书家
  3. 3. noun [electronics] 收集的人（或物）；收集物，收集器；尤指整流子；集电极；集电器；集流环

Collins English-English Dictionary

collector [kə'lεktə]
  1. 1. n a person or thing that collects
  2. 2. n a person employed to collect debts, rents, etc
  3. 3. n the head of a district administration in India
  4. 4. n a person who collects or amasses objects as a hobby
  5. 5. n [electronics] the region in a transistor into which charge carriers flow from the base
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Examples

Peter is an art collector, I'm sure he knows everything about this painter.
彼特是一名艺术收藏家，我相信他了解这个画家的一切。 → art
ticket collector → ticket
他酷爱收藏各类宝玩珍品。
He is a collector of treasures and antiques. → 宝玩
他是碑拓收藏的大家。
He is a big collector of tablet calligraphy. → 碑拓
他是个钱币收藏爱好者, 在他的藏品中有几张法币。
He is an enthusiastic money collector, and has several "Fabi", money issued by the KMT government in 1935. → 法币
他是个大收藏家, 可以说是拱璧满室了。
He is a big collector, with a house full of his extensive precious collections. → 拱璧

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