查词 - pick

pick

verb

noun

pɪk verb

CHOOSE STH

选择某物

to choose a person or thing, for example because they are the best or most suitable 挑选; 选择

Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15.

学生必须从 15 门学科中选修三门。

I don’t know which colour to pick.

我不知道要选哪个颜色。

Who’s going to pick the team for the match on Saturday?

谁将为星期六的比赛挑选队员？

pick sb/sth for sth

I wasn’t picked for the hockey team.

我没被选进曲棍球队。

pick sb/sth as sth

The hotel was picked as the best small hotel in the area.

那家宾馆被选为那个地区的最佳小型宾馆。

pick sb to do sth

He was picked to run in the 100 metres.

他入选参加一百米赛跑。

Russell spoke slowly, picking his words (=choosing what to say) very carefully.

拉塞尔讲得很慢，措词非常谨慎。

FLOWERS/FRUIT ETC

花/水果等

to remove a flower, fruit, nut etc from a plant or tree 采，摘〔花、果等〕

We picked some blackberries to eat on the way.

我们采了一些黑莓在路上吃。

Amy picked a small bunch of wild flowers.

埃米采了一小束野花。

a dish of freshly picked peas

一盘新摘的豌豆

REMOVE STH

去除某物

to remove something carefully from a place, especially something small 挖，剔 always + adv/prep

pick sth from sth

Ahmed picked the melon pips from his teeth.

阿米德剔去牙缝里的瓜子。

pick sth off (sth)

She was nervously picking bits of fluff off her sweater.

她紧张地摘着毛衣上的小绒毛。

pick sth out of sth

The goalkeeper spent a lot of his time picking the ball out of the back of the net.

守门员花了很长时间把球从网窝里捡出来。

pick your way through/across/among etc sth

to walk in a slow careful way, choosing exactly where to put your feet down 小心翼翼地穿过某物

She picked her way between the puddles.

她小心翼翼地绕过一个个水坑。

He picked his way down the narrow staircase.

他小心翼翼地下狭窄的台阶。

pick your nose

to remove MUCUS from your nose with your finger 抠鼻子

Don’t pick your nose!

别抠鼻子！

pick your teeth

to remove bits of food from between your teeth with your finger or a small pointed object 剔牙齿

pick sb’s brains

to ask someone who knows a lot about something for information and advice about it 向某人讨教（请教）

Have you got a minute? I need to pick your brains.

您有时间吗？我要向您请教一下。

pick a quarrel/fight (with sb)

to deliberately start a quarrel or fight with someone 找（某人）茬儿/（向某人）挑衅

I could see he was trying to pick a fight with me.

我看得出来他是想找茬儿跟我打架。

pick and choose

to choose only the best people or things, or only the ones that you really like 仔细挑选〔最好的或真正喜欢的人或物〕，挑挑拣拣

Come on, you haven’t got time to pick and choose.

快点，没时间挑挑拣拣了。

pick a lock

10. to use something that is not a key to unlock a door, drawer etc 〔用钥匙之外的东西〕打开（撬开）锁

It’s quite easy to pick the lock on a car door.

撬开汽车门锁轻而易举。

pick a hole in sth

11. to make a hole in something by pulling it with your fingers 把某物扯出一个洞

He had picked a hole in his jumper.

他把自己的毛衣扯出了一个洞。

pick holes in sth

12. to criticize an idea or a plan by saying what its weak points are [非正式] 批评某事物; 挑某事物的毛病; 找某事物的漏洞 informal

It’s easy to pick holes in her argument.

找她论据中的漏洞很容易。

pick sth clean

13. to remove all the meat from a bone when you are eating 把〔骨头〕啃得一干二净

pick sb’s pocket

14. to quietly steal something from someone’s pocket 扒窃;

pick a winner

15. to choose someone or something very good [非正式] 挑选得极好 informal

pick sth to pieces

16. to criticize something very severely and in a very detailed way [非正式] 把某事物驳得体无完肤 informal

I’m fed up with having my work picked to pieces.

我的作品被贬得一无是处，我受够了。

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

乐器

to play a musical instrument by pulling at its strings with your fingers [美] 弹拨〔琴弦〕; 弹奏〔弦乐器〕; AmE

18 to eat only small amounts of food because you do not feel hungry or do not like the food 〔因不饿或不喜欢而〕一点一点地吃，挑挑拣拣地吃

Paige could only pick at her meal, forcing down a mouthful or two.

佩奇只能磨磨蹭蹭地吃着饭，强迫自己咽下一两口。

19 to touch something many times with your fingers, pulling it slightly 拉扯

She was picking at her skirt.

她揪扯着自己的裙子。

20 to point a weapon carefully at one person or animal in a group, and then shoot them 瞄准射击〔人或动物〕

There were gunmen in some of the buildings who picked off our men as they went past.

其中一些大楼里有枪手，我们的人经过时他们就开枪射击。

21 to behave in an unfair way to someone, for example by blaming them or criticizing them unfairly 故意刁难〔某人〕，〔跟某人〕找别扭

Why don’t you pick on someone else for a change?

你为什么不换个人刁难刁难？

22 to choose a particular person or thing [英] 选择〔某人或某物〕 BrE

Just pick on one job and try to get that finished.

只管选一项工作并设法把它做完。

CHOOSE

挑选

to choose someone or something from a group 挑选〔人或物〕

She picked out a navy blue dress.

她挑中一条海军蓝的连衣裙。

His story was picked out as the best by the judges.

他的小说被评委们评为第一名。

RECOGNIZE

认出

to recognize someone or something in a group of people or things 分辨出，辨认出

She was able to pick out her father at the other side of the room.

她认出了在房间另一头的父亲。

I picked out Valerie’s voice from among the general conversation.

我从众多人的说话声中听出了瓦莱丽的声音。

SEE

看见

if you can pick something out, you can see it but not very clearly 模糊地看出

I could just pick out some letters carved into the stone.

我只能依稀辨认出石头上刻的一些字母。

SHOWN CLEARLY

清晰地显示

if something is picked out, it is in a different colour or material from the background, so that it can be clearly seen 〔用某种颜色或材料〕使醒目 usually passive 一般用被动态

His name was picked out in gold lettering.

用了金色字母，他的名字显得很醒目。

PLAY A TUNE

弹奏曲子

to play a tune on a musical instrument slowly or with difficulty 〔缓慢或困难地〕弹奏

He sat at the piano and picked out a simple tune.

他坐在钢琴边，慢慢弹出一支简单的曲子。

28 to examine a group of things very carefully in order to choose the ones you want 精挑细选，甄选，精选

She was sitting at the kitchen table picking over a pile of mushrooms.

她坐在餐桌边，仔细挑拣着一堆蘑菇。

29 to search through a pile of things to find things that you want 在…里搜寻〔以发现想要的东西〕

Police are still picking through the rubble looking for clues to the cause of the explosion.

警察还在瓦砾中搜寻，寻找爆炸原因的线索。

LIFT STH/SB UP

捡起[拿起，拾起]某物; 举起某人

↔ to lift something or someone up 捡起，拿起; 抱起

He picked up the letter and read it.

他拿起信看了起来。

The phone rang and I picked it up.

电话响了，我接了起来。

Mummy, can you pick me up?

妈妈，把我抱起来好吗？

pick yourself up

to get up from the ground after you have fallen 〔跌倒后〕站起来

Carol picked herself up and brushed the dirt off her coat.

卡萝尔站起来，拍去外套上的灰尘。

TIDY STH

整理某物

↔ to make a room or building tidy [美] 整理，收拾 AmE

Pick up your room before you go to bed.

收拾一下房间再上床。

GET STH

得到某物

↔ a. to get or win something b. to buy something or get it from a shop etc c. to get an illness 染上〔疾病〕 informal

He’s already picked up three major prizes this year.

今年他已经拿了三项大奖。

I picked up an evening paper on the way home.

我在回家的路上买了一份晚报。

For more details, pick up a leaflet in your local post office.

欲知更多详情，请到当地邮局取阅宣传单。

I picked up a virus while I was in America.

我在美国的时候染上了病毒。

COLLECT

领取

↔ to collect something from a place 取〔某物〕

I’ll pick my things up later.

我过一会儿来取我的东西。

She just dropped by to pick up her mail.

她只是顺便过来取她的邮件。

LET SB INTO A VEHICLE

让某人进入车辆

↔ to let someone get into your car, boat etc and take them somewhere 搭载，接载

I’ll pick you up at the station.

我会到车站接你。

The survivors were picked up by fishing boats from nearby villages.

幸存者被附近村庄的渔船救了起来。

LEARN

学会

↔ to learn something by watching or listening to other people 学会

I picked up a few words of Greek when I was there last year.

去年在希腊的时候我学会了一些希腊语单词。

Mary watched the other dancers to see if she could pick up any tips.

玛丽观察其他跳舞的人看看能否学到什么窍门。

NOTICE

注意

↔ to notice something that is not easy to notice, such as a slight smell or a sign of something 注意到〔不容易注意的事情〕

I picked up a faint smell of coffee.

我闻到淡淡的咖啡味。

The dogs picked up the scent and raced off.

那些狗闻到了气味，一下子跑开了。

We picked up their tracks again on the other side of the river.

我们在河的另一边又发现了他们的足迹。

RADIO/SIGNALS

无线电/信号

↔ if a machine picks up a sound, movement, or signal, it is able to notice it or receive it 接收

The sensors pick up faint vibrations in the Earth.

这些探测器可探测到地球内部微弱的振动。

I managed to pick up an American news broadcast.

我设法收听到一个美国的新闻广播节目。

SEX

性

↔ to become friendly with someone you have just met because you want to have sex with them 勾搭上

young women sitting around in bars waiting to be picked up

闲坐在酒吧等人来勾搭的年轻女子

START AGAIN

重新开始

a. if you pick up where you stopped or were interrupted, you start again from that point b. ↔ if you pick up an idea that has been mentioned, you return to it and develop it further 回过头来进一步阐述〔某观点〕

We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off .

我们早上再开会，从停下的地方继续。

I’d like to pick up what you said earlier.

我想再谈谈刚才你说过的问题。

This same theme is picked up in his later works.

相同的主题又出现在他后来的作品中。

IMPROVE

改进，提高

a. if a situation picks up, it improves b. if a medicine or drink picks you up, it makes you feel better 〔药物或饮料〕使某人感觉好些，使振作精神;

Her social life was picking up at last.

她的社交生活终于有了起色。

The economy is finally beginning to pick up again.

经济终于开始有所好转。

We’ve been through a bit of a bad patch, but things are picking up again now.

我们度过了一段困难的日子，不过目前情况又开始好转了。

ROAD

道路

↔ if you pick up a road, you go onto it and start driving along it 沿某条路行进

We take the A14 to Birmingham and then pick up the M5.

我们沿 A14 公路到伯明翰，然后上 M5 公路。

TRAIN/BUS

火车/公共汽车

↔ if you pick up a train, bus etc you get onto it and travel on it 乘坐

pick up speed/steam

15. to go faster 加快速度

The train was gradually picking up speed.

火车正在逐渐加速。

pick up the bill/tab (for sth)

16. to pay for something [非正式] （为某事物）付款 informal

Why should the taxpayer pick up the tab for mistakes made by a private company?

为什么纳税人要为一家私人公司的过错所造成的损失付账呢？

WIND

风

if the wind picks up, it increases or grows stronger 变大，变强

COLOUR

颜色

↔ if one thing picks up a colour in something else, it has an amount of the same colour in it so that the two things look nice together 含有…的颜色〔因而搭配得好〕

I like the way the curtains pick up the red in the rug.

窗帘也带一点地毯中的红色，色彩搭配得好，我很喜欢。

CRIMINAL

罪犯

↔ if the police pick someone up, they take them somewhere to answer questions or to be locked up 逮捕某人，拘捕某人

He was picked up by police as he was trying to leave the country.

他企图出国时被警察拘捕。

pick up the pieces (of sth)

20. to try to make your life normal again after something very bad has happened to you （使某事物）重整旗鼓，恢复正常

Thousands of victims of the earthquake are now faced with the task of picking up the pieces of their lives.

数以千计的地震灾民现在面临着重建生活的重任。

pick up the threads (of sth)

21. if you pick up the threads of something that you were doing, you try to return to it and start doing it again after it stopped or was changed 恢复，重新开始（某事物）

Now that the war was over they could pick up the threads of their lives again.

战争已经结束，他们可以重新开始生活了。

pick your feet up

22. used to tell someone to walk properly or more quickly [口] 好好走路; 快点走 spoken

52 to tidy things that someone else has left untidy 跟在某人后面收拾（整理）东西

I’m tired of picking up after you!

我烦透了总是跟在你屁股后面收拾！

53 to notice something about the way someone is behaving or feeling, even though they are trying not to show it 注意到〔别人试图隐藏的事物〕

Children pick up on our worries and anxieties.

孩子们觉察得到我们的焦虑。

54 to return to a point or an idea that has been mentioned and discuss it more 重新回到〔提到过的论点或观点〕并作进一步讨论

I’d like to pick up on a point that Steven made earlier.

我想再提一提史蒂文先前说过的一个观点。

pick sb up on sth

to criticize someone slightly for something they have said 指责（责备）某人说的话

I knew he was lying and I should have picked him up on it.

我知道他在撒谎，我不该放过他的。

noun

56 if you can have your pick or take your pick of different things, you can choose which one you want 挑选，选择 U

Have a look at the menu and take your pick .

看看菜单再作选择吧。

He knew he could take his pick of any of the girls in the office.

他知道自己可以挑办公室里的任何一个姑娘。

Sarah could have her pick of any university in the country.

萨拉可以选择国内任何一所大学。

have/get first pick (of sth)

She always gets first pick of the videos.

她总是第一个挑录影带。

the pick of sth

the best things in a group [非正式] 某物中的精华（最好的东西） informal

In tonight’s programme we’ll be discussing the pick of this month’s new movies.

在今晚的节目中我们将讨论本月的最佳新片。

There were fifteen candidates for the job, and he was the pick of the bunch (=the best one) .

这个职位有十五位候选人，他是其中的最佳人选。

58 your pick is the person or thing that you have chosen from a group [非正式] 挑选出来的人（物）; C | informal

There are a lot of good horses in the race, but Archimedes would be my pick.

比赛中有很多好马，不过我最看好阿基米德。

59 a PICKAXE 镐，鹤嘴锄 C

60 a small, flat object that you use for pulling at the strings of a musical instrument such as a GUITAR [非正式] 〔拨吉他等弦乐器用的〕拨子; C | informal