pick/pɪk/

vt

1. 选取，挑选

• Only the best players were picked to play in the match. 只有最佳选手才被选去参赛。

2. 采摘，采集

• The girl was picking up wild flowers. 那女孩正在采野花。

3. 啄，啄取

• chickens picking corn 啄食玉米的小鸡

• The pigeons were picking crumbs. 鸽子正在啄面包屑。

4. (用手指等)掏，扒；从…上剔除

• pick one's teeth 剔牙

• pick one's nose 掏鼻孔

5. 拔去，除去

• pick a chicken clean of feathers 把鸡毛拔干净

• pick a hair from the collar of one's coat 捡去衣领上的一根头发

6. 撬开，扒窃…中的东西

• He had his pocket picked. 他被扒窃了。

• pick a lock 撬锁

7. 寻衅，挑毛病

• pick a quarrel 寻衅吵架

8. 弹拨(琴弦)；弹奏

词组have (got) a bone to pick with 同…有争端要解决；对…有理由怀恨 pick and choose 挑挑拣拣；挑三拣四 pick at

1. 无食欲地吃；无兴趣地干某事

• She only picked at her food. 她毫无胃口，只吃了一点点。

2. 拉扯，抓弄

• The little boy was picking at his mother's sleeve, trying to get her attention. 那小孩抓弄着妈妈的衣袖，试图引起她的注意。

3. 对…唠叨指责

• My grandmother likes picking at me. 我奶奶总喜欢对我数落不停。

pick holes (或a hole) in sb.'s coat 挑某人的毛病 pick off

1. 摘下；拔掉

• We have picked off all the oranges. 我们已把橘子全部摘了。

2. 逐个射中

• pick off the enemy one by one 把敌人一个一个地击倒

pick on

1. 找…的茬儿；对…唠叨指责

• Why does the boss always pick on me? 为什么我老板总跟我过不去呢？

2. 挑选；选中

• The teacher always picked on me to answer the question. 老师总是挑我回答问题。

pick sth.(或sb.) out

1. 挑出，选出

• She picked out that pair of shoes to wear with the dress. 她选出那双鞋和那件连衣裙搭配。

2. 辨认出，分辨出

• Can you pick out your elder sister in this crowd? 你能在这群人中找出你姐姐吗？

3. 弄清，了解(意义等)

• pick out the meaning of the passage 弄清这一段的意思

4. 凭听觉记忆弹奏

• pick out a tune on the guitar 凭记忆用吉他弹奏

5. 把…衬托出来

6. 取出，挖出

• We picked out the weeds among the rice. 我们拔除了稻丛间的杂草。

pick over

1. 仔细检查以便选出最佳者，剔除劣品

• pick over a basket of oranges 在一篓橘子中进行挑选

2. 不断地讲(或想)不愉快的事情

• Don't keep picking over our old quarrel, let's be friends again. 不要老是想我们以前的争吵，让我们和好吧!

pick sb.'s brains 窃取某人的脑力劳动成果 pick up 捡起，拾起

• I picked up a coin on the road. 我在路上拾起一个硬币。

pick up the phone

1. 接电话

2. (跌倒后)站起来

• Mary picked herself up and dusted herself off. 玛丽站起身来拍了拍身上的灰尘。

3. 整理，收拾

• Please pick up your slippers. 请把你的拖鞋放好。

• He made some effort to pick up the apartment. 他下了一些工夫去收拾他的公寓。

4. (尤指偶然地)获得；找到；学会；买到

• pick up some knowledge of physics 偶然获得一些物理知识

• He has picked up some bad habits at that club. 他在那个俱乐部染上了一些坏习惯。

5. 收集

• They are trying to pick up information. 他们正设法收集情报。

6. 看到，听到，收看(或收听)到

• the intruding enemy planes picked up by our radar installations 被我们的雷达装置发现的入侵敌机

• pick up the radio 收听电台广播

7. 把…载上车(或船等)；搭车(或船等)

• The train stopped to pick up passengers. 火车停下来让乘客上车。

8. 与…偶然结识(常指与异性调情)

• I wish I could just go out and pick up a nice man. 我希望我出去能遇上一个英俊的男人。

9. 找到(踪迹)

• pick up a scent 察出气味

• pick up the track on the other side of the river 在河对岸发现踪迹

10. 恢复健康；振作起来

• A bite of something might pick you up. 吃一点东西也许能使你精神振作起来。

• The invalid is picking up. 病人正在恢复健康。

11. (情况等)好转，改进，提高

• The firm is picking up now. 该公司的生意正在好转。

• The prices of these commodities will pick up. 这些商品可能会涨价。

12. 重新得到，恢复(中断后的活动、谈话等)；重新鼓起勇气(或希望等)

• pick up one's spirits 振作精神

• He is expecting to pick up where he had left off. 他希望把他中途放下的工作继续做下去。

13. 增加速度，加速

• The car picked up speed. 汽车加快了速度。

14. 付(账)

• My elder sister always picks up the bill after having a meal. 每次饭后总是我姐姐付账。

15. 逮捕，拘捕

• be picked up on a charge of forgery 因犯伪造罪而被逮捕

• The police picked him up as he was trying to leave the country. 他正要离开该国时，警方把他逮捕了。

16. 找岔子；责问

• She picked him up for using bad language. 她指责他出言不逊。

• I made a few mistakes and he picked me up for them. 我犯了几个错误，为此他责备了我。

17. 偷窃；骗取；诈取

• My wallet is picked up. 我的钱包被偷了。