pick
v. 挑选; 采; 剔除
n. 挑选; 选中的人/事物; 精华; 镐; 拨片
If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one.
Mr Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in London...
诺埃尔先生为伦敦的6个销售职位选出了10人进行面试。
I had deliberately picked a city with a tropical climate.
我特意选了一个热带气候的城市。
You can refer to the best things or people in a particular group as the pick of that group.
The boys here are the pick of the under-15 cricketers in the country...
这儿的男孩是全国15岁以下板球手中的佼佼者。
We had the pick of suits from the shop.
我们买了店里最好的套装。
When you pick flowers, fruit, or leaves, you break them off the plant or tree and collect them.
She used to pick flowers in the Cromwell Road...
她过去常到克伦威尔路采花。
He helps his mother pick fruit.
他帮母亲摘果子。
If you pick something from a place, you remove it from there with your fingers or your hand.
He picked the napkin from his lap and placed it alongside his plate...
他拿起腿上的餐巾,放在盘子旁边。
He picked the telephone off the wall bracket.
他从墙上的固定托架上摘下电话。
If you pick your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth.
Edgar, don't pick your nose, dear...
埃德加,不要抠鼻子,宝贝儿。
He had just had a meal and was picking his teeth after it.
他刚吃完饭,正在剔牙。
If you pick a fight or quarrel with someone, you deliberately cause one.
He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail...
他找碴儿跟服务生打了一架,最后进了监狱。
He was clearly in a mood to pick a quarrel with anybody.
他现在的心情明显是逮谁就想跟谁吵。
If someone such as a thief picks a lock, they open it without a key, for example by using a piece of wire.
He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer.
他熟练地撬开每一把锁,把每个抽屉里的文件都偷走了。
A pick is the same as a pickaxe .
If you pick and choose, you carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others.
As a vocational teacher I could pretty much pick and choose my work...
作为一名职业教师,我几乎可以随意挑拣自己的工作。
We, the patients, cannot pick and choose our doctors.
我们患者不能对医生挑挑拣拣。
If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
Here is an actress who could have her pick of any part...
这是一个角色任她挑选的女演员。
Klein could have had his pick of the world's top models.
克莱恩本可以从世界顶尖模特中想选谁就选谁。
If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
Accountants can take their pick of company cars...
会计师可以任选配备的公车。
Take your pick from ten luxury hotels...
10家豪华宾馆任你选择。
If you pick your way across an area, you walk across it very carefully in order to avoid obstacles or dangerous things.
The girls were afraid of snakes and picked their way along with extreme caution...
女孩们害怕蛇,于是谨小慎微地择路而行。
I moved away from the shack and picked my way among the rubble.
我离开木屋,小心地走在瓦砾间。
When you pick up the pieces after a disaster, you do what you can to get the situation back to normal again.
Do we try and prevent problems or do we try and pick up the pieces afterwards?...
我们是想要防患未然呢,还是想要事后收拾残局?
She died, and somehow I never picked up the pieces and started again.
她死后我竟一蹶不振,无法重新来过。
When a vehicle picks up speed, it begins to move more quickly.
Brian pulled away slowly, but picked up speed.
布赖恩慢慢开动汽车,但很快就加速了。
1. the person or thing chosen or selected;
2. the quantity of a crop that is harvested;
3. the best people or things in a group;
4. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
5. a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
6. a thin sharp implement used for picking;
7. a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends;
8. a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body;
9. the act of choosing or selecting;
1. select carefully from a group;
2. look for and gather;
3. harass with constant criticism;
4. provoke;
5. remove in small bits;
6. remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits;
7. pilfer or rob;
8. pay for something;
9. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion;
10. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example;
11. hit lightly with a picking motion
12. eat intermittently; take small bites of;
choose, select, elect, pick, prefer, opt
这些动词均含有"选择"之意。
pick apart
挑剔,找毛病:反驳或通过仔细的检查找出错误
pick at
弹,拉:刺穿或拉出,尤指用手指
食不下咽:吃得很少或没胃口
【非正式用语】 唠叨
pick off
逐一射击:经过逐个瞄准后发射
&I{【棒球】} 封杀出局:把不在垒上的(跑垒员)抓住,然后快速扔出球抛到一个特定的垒上,通常指投手或接手的突然传杀
&I{【体育运动】} 中途截球:拦截,如拦截足球传球等
pick on
嘲笑,欺侮
pick out
挑选,选出
分辨:从环境中辩认出;分辨出
pick over
一件一件地整理或检查
pick up
整理,收拾
承载(客人,货物等)
获得,赢得
【非正式用语】 监护,逮捕,拘捕
&I{【俚语】} 勾搭:与…偶然结识,常指期望在性关系中结识
发现:偶然遇到并观测
恢复:休息后继续
【非正式用语】 有起色,改善:在条件或活动上提高
&I{【俚语】} 收拾行李:收拾某人的东西
pick someone's brains (或 brain)
(非正式)套问别人的信息;向某人请教
pick something clean
剔尽(或撕尽)…上的肉
pick one's feet up
(走路时)抬脚离地
pick a fight (或 quarrel)
惹起争斗(或争吵)
pick a lock
撬锁
pick someone's pockets
扒窃
pick someone/thing to pieces (或 apart)
把…驳得体无完肤; 对…吹毛求疵;严厉批评
There is no need to pick at him all day long. He's a child after all.
不要老是对他唠唠叨叨, 他毕竟还是个孩子嘛!
It's hard to pick yourself up after such a terrible shock.
经历这样可怕的打击后,就很难再振奋起来了.
Out of sheer boredom I would pick up a book and read on and on.
在百无聊赖中,随手抓过一本书来,读下去.
Just take any one of the cakes — you haven't got time to pick and choose.
就随便拿一块蛋糕吧,你没有时间挑选了.
The dog turned tail when he saw the man pick up a stone to throw at him.
狗看到那人捡起一块石头向它砸来时就逃跑了.