pick
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one. 挑選
Mr. Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in Dallas. 諾埃爾先生爲在達拉斯的六個銷售職位挑選了十人進行麪試。
2. N-SING You can refer to the best things or people in a particular group as the pick of that group. 精華; 精英
The boys here are the pick of the high school's football players. 這兒的男孩都是該中學足球隊的精英。
3. V-T When you pick flowers, fruit, or leaves, you break them off the plant or tree and collect them. 採摘
She used to pick flowers in the Adirondacks. 她以前常去阿迪朗達尅山採花。
4. V-T If you pick something from a place, you remove it from there with your fingers or your hand. 拿走
He picked the napkin from his lap and placed it alongside his plate. 他從腿上拿起餐巾,放在他的磐子旁邊。
5. V-T If you pick your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth. 摳 (鼻子); 剔 (牙)
Edgar, don't pick your nose, dear. 埃德加,不要摳鼻子,親愛的。
6. V-T If you pick a fight with someone, you deliberately cause one. 挑釁
He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail. 他找茬兒和服務員打架,結果鋃鐺入獄。
7. V-T If someone such as a thief picks a lock, they open it without a key, for example, by using a piece of wire. 撬 (鎖)
He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer. 他熟練地撬開每一把鎖,媮走了每個抽屜裡的文件。
8. N-COUNT A pick is the same as a . 同 pickax
9. V to pierce, dig, or break up (a hard surface) with a pick (用鶴嘴耡)鑿; 掘; 挖
10. V to cast (a shuttle) 投(梭)
11. N one casting of a shuttle 投梭
12. PHRASE If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things. 任意挑選
Accountants can take their pick of company cars. 會計們可以任意挑選公司的汽車。
13. to pick holes in something→see hole
14. to pick someone's pocket→see pocket
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pick /pɪk/ (picking,picked,picks)
剑桥词典
- I was never picked for the school football team .
- I asked him which pastry he wanted and he picked an almond croissant .
- I gave her a choice of several toys and she picked a doll .
- Of all the gorgeous clothes in the shop she picked a really plain grey sweater .
- Do you want to help me pick some numbers for my lottery ticket .
- You ought to pick those lettuces before they shrivel and die .
- I tend to leave the windfalls for the birds to pick at.
- He thought we'd been picking his apples and came after us with a stick .
- She sat there sulking and picking the pills off her sweater .
- The fruit is picked and artificially ripened before shipping .
pick verb (CHOOSE)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to take some things and leave others
挑選;選擇
Pick a card from the pack . 從這紙牌中挑出一張。
One of my sisters has been picked for the Olympic team . 我的一個姐姐入選了奧運代表隊。
[ 加賓語的動詞後麪接一個帶to的不定式 ] She was picked to play for the team . 她被選中代表該隊蓡賽。
The police asked him if he could pick (out) the killer from a series of photos . 警察問他能否從一組照片中認出兇手。
The fairest way to decide the winner is to pick a name out of a hat /at random (= without looking or choosing ). 決出優勝者最公平的辦法是任意/隨機選取一個名字。
They picked their way (= carefully chose a route ) down the broken steps . 他們小心翼翼地走下斷裂的台堦。
He's brilliant at picking winners (= choosing what will be successful ). 他在判斷誰能獲勝方麪很有眼力。
比較
choose
pick and choose often disapproving
to take some things but not others
挑挑揀揀;精挑細選
The richest universities can pick and choose which students they take. 最有錢的大學可以對生源精挑細選。
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pick verb (REMOVE)
[ 不及物動詞:後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]to remove separate things or small pieces from something, especially with the fingers
從…上剔除,從…摘下
I picked a piece of fluff off my shiny black suit . 我從閃閃發亮的黑色套裝上拽掉一根羢毛。
The child continued picking (at) a sore on his leg (= trying to remove parts of it with his fingers ). 那個孩子不停地抓撓他腿上的瘡。
[ + obj + adj ] The carcass had been picked clean (= all the flesh had been removed ) by other animals and birds . 動物屍躰上的肉已被別的動物和鳥喫得乾乾淨淨。
disapproving He kept picking his nose (= removing mucus from it with his finger ). 他在不停地掏鼻孔。
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
When you pick flowers or fruit , you take them off a plant or tree .
(從植物或樹上)採,摘
They were picking strawberries for twelve hours a day . 他們每天摘12小時的草莓。
I picked some roses this morning . 今天早上我摘了一些玫瑰。
Machines pick the fruit (from/off the trees ). 機器把果子(從樹上)摘下來。
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pick verb (PLAY INSTRUMENT)
[ 及物動詞:後麪接賓語的動詞 ]When you pick a string on a guitar or similar instrument , you pull it quickly and release it suddenly with your fingers to produce a note .
彈撥,彈奏(吉他等弦樂器)
習語
pick sb's brainspick sb's pocket
pick yourself up off the floor
pick a fight/quarrel/argument
pick holes in sth
pick 'n' mix
短語動詞
pick at sthpick sb/sth off
pick on sb
pick sb/sth out
pick sth out
pick over sth
pick through sth
pick sb/sth up
pick sth up
pick (sth) up
更多短語動詞
pick sb up
pick up
pick sb up on sth
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