pick 的英语意思
pickpick1 /pɪk/ verb [transitive] 
查看全部语言翻译1choose something to choose a person or thing, for example because they are the best or most suitable选择某人或某物，例如因为他们是最好的或最合适的: 
Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15.学生必须从15门课程中选择三门。 I don’t know which colour to pick.我不知道该选哪种颜色。 Who’s going to pick the team for the match on Saturday?谁来选定周六比赛的队员？pick somebody/something for something I wasn’t picked for the hockey team.我没有被选入曲棍球队。pick somebody/something as something The hotel was picked as the best small hotel in the area.这家酒店被评选为该地区最好的小型酒店。pick somebody to do something He was picked to run in the 100 metres.他被选中参加100米赛跑。 Russell spoke slowly, picking his words (=choosing what to say) very carefully.拉塞尔说话很慢，非常仔细地斟酌用词（=选择说什么）。 → picked
► see thesaurus at choose2flowers/fruit etc to remove a flower, fruit, nut etc from a plant or tree从植物或树上摘取花、果实、坚果等: We picked some blackberries to eat on the way.我们摘了一些黑莓，在路上吃。 Amy picked a small bunch of wild flowers.艾米摘了一小束野花。 a dish of freshly picked peas一盘新鲜采摘的豌豆3remove something [always + adverb/preposition] to remove something carefully from a place, especially something small小心地从某处取出某物，尤指小东西pick something from something Ahmed picked the melon pips from his teeth.艾哈迈德从牙缝里剔出甜瓜籽。pick something off (something) She was nervously picking bits of fluff off her sweater.她紧张地从毛衣上撕下一小片一小片的绒毛。pick something out of something The goalkeeper spent a lot of his time picking the ball out of the back of the net.守门员花了很多时间从球门网后面把球捡出来。4pick your way through/across/among etc something to walk in a slow careful way, choosing exactly where to put your feet down缓慢谨慎地行走，仔细选择每一步落脚的地方: She picked her way between the puddles.她小心翼翼地在水坑之间行走。 He picked his way down the narrow staircase.他小心翼翼地走下狭窄的楼梯。5pick your nose to remove mucus from your nose with your finger用手指从鼻子里抠出黏液: Don’t pick your nose!不要挖鼻孔！6pick your teeth to remove bits of food from between your teeth with your finger or a small pointed object用手指或小尖物剔除牙缝间的食物残渣7pick somebody’s brains to ask someone who knows a lot about something for information and advice about it向对某事了解甚多的人询问相关信息和建议: Have you got a minute? I need to pick your brains.你有空吗？我需要请教你一下。8pick a quarrel/fight (with somebody) to deliberately start a quarrel or fight with someone故意挑起与某人的争吵或打架: I could see he was trying to pick a fight with me.我看得出他在想方设法和我吵架。9pick and choose to choose only the best people or things, or only the ones that you really like只挑选最好的人或物，或只挑选自己真正喜欢的: Come on, you haven’t got time to pick and choose.得了，你没时间挑三拣四了。10pick a lock to use something that is not a key to unlock a door, drawer etc用非钥匙的东西开锁（门、抽屉等）: It’s quite easy to pick the lock on a car door.撬开车门锁相当容易。11pick a hole in something to make a hole in something by pulling it with your fingers用手指拉扯某物使其产生洞: He had picked a hole in his jumper.他把毛衣抠出了一个洞。12 pick holes in something informal非正式 to criticize an idea or a plan by saying what its weak points are通过指出弱点来批评某个想法或计划: It’s easy to pick holes in her argument.找她论点的漏洞很容易。13pick something clean to remove all the meat from a bone when you are eating吃东西时把骨头上的肉剔得干干净净14pick somebody’s pocket to quietly steal something from someone’s pocket悄悄地从某人口袋里偷东西15pick a winner informal非正式 to choose someone or something very good挑选出非常好的人或物16pick something to pieces informal非正式 to criticize something very severely and in a very detailed way非常严厉且非常详细地批评某事: I’m fed up with having my work picked to pieces.我受够了自己的工作被批得体无完肤。17musical instrument American English to play a musical instrument by pulling at its strings with your fingers用手指拨弦来演奏乐器 SYN pluck → have a bone to pick with somebody at bone1(10)pick at something phrasal verb1to eat only small amounts of food because you do not feel hungry or do not like the food因为不饿或不喜欢食物而只吃少量: Paige could only pick at her meal, forcing down a mouthful or two.佩奇只能勉强吃上一两口，食不下咽。2to touch something many times with your fingers, pulling it slightly用手指反复触碰某物，轻轻拉扯: She was picking at her skirt.她在不停地拨弄自己的裙子。pick somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb to point a weapon carefully at one person or animal in a group, and then shoot them仔细地将武器瞄准群体中的某一个人或动物，然后将其射杀: There were gunmen in some of the buildings who picked off our men as they went past.部分建筑里有枪手，他们趁我们的人经过时逐一射杀。pick on somebody/something phrasal verb spoken口语1to behave in an unfair way to someone, for example by blaming them or criticizing them unfairly以不公平的方式对待某人，例如不公平地指责或批评他们: Why don’t you pick on someone else for a change?你怎么不换个人欺负欺负？2 British English to choose a particular person or thing选择特定的某人或某物: Just pick on one job and try to get that finished.就专注一件事，把它做完。pick somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1choose to choose someone or something from a group从一组人或物中挑选出某人或某物: She picked out a navy blue dress.她挑选了一件藏青色连衣裙。 His story was picked out as the best by the judges.他的故事被评委评选为最佳。2recognize to recognize someone or something in a group of people or things在一群人或物中辨认出某人或某物: She was able to pick out her father at the other side of the room.她能够在房间的另一侧认出她的父亲。 I picked out Valerie’s voice from among the general conversation.我从一片嘈杂的交谈声中辨认出了瓦莱丽的声音。3see if you can pick something out, you can see it but not very clearly如果你能辨认出某物，说明你能看到它，但不太清楚: I could just pick out some letters carved into the stone.我勉强能辨认出刻在石头上的一些字母。4shown clearly if something is picked out, it is in a different colour or material from the background, so that it can be clearly seen如果某物被突出显示，说明它与背景颜色或材质不同，因此能被清楚地看到: His name was picked out in gold lettering.他的名字以金色字体突出显示。GRAMMAR Pick out is usually passive in this meaning.5play a tune to play a tune on a musical instrument slowly or with difficulty缓慢地或费力地在乐器上演奏一段旋律: He sat at the piano and picked out a simple tune.他坐在钢琴前，费力地弹出一段简单的旋律。pick over something phrasal verb to examine a group of things very carefully in order to choose the ones you want非常仔细地检查一组物品，以便选出自己想要的: She was sitting at the kitchen table picking over a pile of mushrooms.她坐在厨房桌子旁，仔细地挑拣一堆蘑菇。pick through something phrasal verb to search through a pile of things to find things that you want在一堆东西中翻找自己想要的东西: Police are still picking through the rubble looking for clues to the cause of the explosion.警方仍在翻查瓦砾，寻找爆炸原因的线索。pick up phrasal verb1lift something/somebody up pick something/somebody ↔ up to lift something or someone up举起某物或某人: He picked up the letter and read it.他拿起信并读了起来。 The phone rang and I picked it up.电话响了，我拿起听筒。 Mummy, can you pick me up?妈妈，你能把我抱起来吗？2pick yourself up to get up from the ground after you have fallen摔倒后从地上爬起来: Carol picked herself up and brushed the dirt off her coat.卡罗尔从地上爬起来，拍去外套上的泥土。3tidy something pick something ↔ up American English to make a room or building tidy整理房间或建筑物: Pick up your room before you go to bed.睡觉前把你的房间收拾好。4get something pick something ↔ up informal非正式 a)to get or win something获得或赢得某物: He’s already picked up three major prizes this year.他今年已经获得了三个重要奖项。 b)to buy something or get it from a shop etc购买某物或从商店等地方取得某物: I picked up an evening paper on the way home.我回家路上买了一份晚报。 For more details, pick up a leaflet in your local post office.如需了解更多详情，请到当地邮局领取一份宣传册。 c)to get an illness感染疾病: I picked up a virus while I was in America.我在美国期间感染了一种病毒。5collect pick something ↔ up to collect something from a place从某处取回某物: I’ll pick my things up later.我稍后再来拿我的东西。 She just dropped by to pick up her mail.她只是顺道来取她的邮件。6let somebody into a vehicle pick somebody ↔ up to let someone get into your car, boat etc and take them somewhere让某人上你的车、船等，并送他们去某处: I’ll pick you up at the station.我去车站接你。 The survivors were picked up by fishing boats from nearby villages.幸存者被附近村庄的渔船救起。7learn pick something ↔ up to learn something by watching or listening to other people通过观察或聆听他人来学到某事: I picked up a few words of Greek when I was there last year.我去年在那里时学会了几个希腊语词汇。 Mary watched the other dancers to see if she could pick up any tips.玛丽观察其他舞者，看看能不能学到什么技巧。8notice pick something ↔ up to notice something that is not easy to notice, such as a slight smell or a sign of something注意到不容易察觉的事物，例如淡淡的气味或某种迹象: I picked up a faint smell of coffee.我闻到了一丝淡淡的咖啡香味。 The dogs picked up the scent and raced off.狗嗅到了气味，飞奔而去。 We picked up their tracks again on the other side of the river.我们在河对岸再次发现了他们的踪迹。9radio/signals pick something ↔ up if a machine picks up a sound, movement, or signal, it is able to notice it or receive it如果机器能"pick up"某种声音、动作或信号，说明它能够探测或接收到它: The sensors pick up faint vibrations in the earth.传感器能探测到地中微弱的振动。 I managed to pick up an American news broadcast.我设法收听到了一个美国新闻广播。10sex pick somebody ↔ up to become friendly with someone you have just met because you want to have sex with them为了与刚认识的人发生性关系而主动搭讪结交: young women sitting around in bars waiting to be picked up在酒吧里坐等被搭讪的年轻女性11start again a)if you pick up where you stopped or were interrupted, you start again from that point如果你从停下或被打断的地方重新开始，意思是从那个地方继续: We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off.我们明天早上再见，可以从上次停下的地方继续。 b) pick something ↔ up if you pick up an idea that has been mentioned, you return to it and develop it further如果你"pick up"一个曾被提及的想法，意思是回到该想法并进一步发展它: I’d like to pick up what you said earlier.我想延续一下你早些时候说的话。 This same theme is picked up in his later works.这同一主题在他后来的作品中得到了延续与发展。12improve a)if a situation picks up, it improves如果一种情况"picks up"，说明它有所改善: Her social life was picking up at last.她的社交生活终于开始好转了。 The economy is finally beginning to pick up again.经济终于开始再次好转了。 We’ve been through a bit of a bad patch, but things are picking up again now.我们经历了一段艰难时期，但现在情况正在好转。 b)pick somebody up if a medicine or drink picks you up, it makes you feel better如果药物或饮料"picks you up"，说明它能让你感觉更好13road pick something ↔ up if you pick up a road, you go onto it and start driving along it如果你"pick up"一条路，意思是走上那条路并开始沿着它行驶: We take the A14 to Birmingham and then pick up the M5.我们沿A14公路前往伯明翰，然后上M5高速。14train/bus pick something ↔ up if you pick up a train, bus etc, you get onto it and travel on it如果你"pick up"一辆火车、公共汽车等，意思是搭上它并乘坐它旅行15pick up speed/steam to go faster加速: The train was gradually picking up speed.火车在逐渐加速。16pick up the bill/tab (for something) informal非正式 to pay for something为某事付款: Why should the taxpayer pick up the tab for mistakes made by a private company?为什么要由纳税人来为一家私营公司的错误买单？17wind if the wind picks up, it increases or grows stronger如果风"picks up"，说明风速增加或风势增强18colour pick something ↔ up 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如果一件物品呼应了另一件物品的颜色，说明它含有相同颜色的成分，使两者搭配起来很好看: I like the way the curtains pick up the red in the rug.我喜欢窗帘与地毯上红色相呼应的搭配效果。19criminal pick somebody ↔ up if the police pick someone up, they take them somewhere to answer questions or to be locked up如果警察"pick someone up"，说明他们把该人带走接受问询或拘押: He was picked up by police as he was trying to leave the country.他在试图离境时被警察逮捕。20pick up the pieces (of something) to try to make your life normal again after something very bad has happened to you在经历了非常糟糕的事情之后，尝试让自己的生活恢复正常: Thousands of victims of the earthquake are now faced with the task of picking up the pieces of their lives.数千名地震受害者现在面临着重建生活的任务。21pick up the threads (of something) 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如果你"pick up the threads"，意思是在事情停止或改变后，尝试回到之前在做的事情并重新开始: Now that the war was over they could pick up the threads of their lives again.战争结束了，他们可以重新拾起生活的线索，重头开始。22pick your feet up spoken口语 used to tell someone to walk properly or more quickly用于告诉某人走路要有样子或走快一点pick up after somebody phrasal verb informal非正式 to tidy things that someone else has left untidy整理别人留下的乱摊子: I’m tired of picking up after you!我厌倦了总是替你收拾烂摊子！pick up on something phrasal verb1to notice something about the way someone is behaving or feeling, even though they are trying not to show it察觉到某人行为或感受中的某些东西，即使他们努力不表现出来: Children pick up on our worries and anxieties.孩子们能察觉到我们的担忧和焦虑。2to return to a point or an idea that has been mentioned and discuss it more回到之前提到的某个观点或想法，并进一步讨论: I’d like to pick up on a point that Steven made earlier.我想就史蒂文之前提出的一个观点进一步讨论。3pick somebody up on something to criticize someone slightly for something they have said就某人所说的话对其稍加批评或指正: I knew he was lying and I should have picked him up on it.我知道他在撒谎，本应当场指出来的。
查看全部语言翻译1choose something to choose a person or thing, for example because they are the best or most suitable选择某人或某物，例如因为他们是最好的或最合适的: Students have to pick three courses from a list of 15.学生必须从15门课程中选择三门。 I don’t know which colour to pick.我不知道该选哪种颜色。 Who’s going to pick the team for the match on Saturday?谁来选定周六比赛的队员？pick somebody/something for something I wasn’t picked for the hockey team.我没有被选入曲棍球队。pick somebody/something as something The hotel was picked as the best small hotel in the area.这家酒店被评选为该地区最好的小型酒店。pick somebody to do something He was picked to run in the 100 metres.他被选中参加100米赛跑。 Russell spoke slowly, picking his words (=choosing what to say) very carefully.拉塞尔说话很慢，非常仔细地斟酌用词（=选择说什么）。 → picked► see thesaurus at choose2flowers/fruit etc to remove a flower, fruit, nut etc from a plant or tree从植物或树上摘取花、果实、坚果等:
We picked some blackberries to eat on the way.我们摘了一些黑莓，在路上吃。 Amy picked a small bunch of wild flowers.艾米摘了一小束野花。 a dish of freshly picked peas一盘新鲜采摘的豌豆3remove something [always + adverb/preposition] to remove something carefully from a place, especially something small小心地从某处取出某物，尤指小东西pick something from something Ahmed picked the melon pips from his teeth.艾哈迈德从牙缝里剔出甜瓜籽。pick something off (something) She was nervously picking bits of fluff off her sweater.她紧张地从毛衣上撕下一小片一小片的绒毛。pick something out of something The goalkeeper spent a lot of his time picking the ball out of the back of the net.守门员花了很多时间从球门网后面把球捡出来。4pick your way through/across/among etc something to walk in a slow careful way, choosing exactly where to put your feet down缓慢谨慎地行走，仔细选择每一步落脚的地方: She picked her way between the puddles.她小心翼翼地在水坑之间行走。 He picked his way down the narrow staircase.他小心翼翼地走下狭窄的楼梯。5pick your nose to remove mucus from your nose with your finger用手指从鼻子里抠出黏液: Don’t pick your nose!不要挖鼻孔！6pick your teeth to remove bits of food from between your teeth with your finger or a small pointed object用手指或小尖物剔除牙缝间的食物残渣7pick somebody’s brains to ask someone who knows a lot about something for information and advice about it向对某事了解甚多的人询问相关信息和建议: Have you got a minute? I need to pick your brains.你有空吗？我需要请教你一下。8pick a quarrel/fight (with somebody) to deliberately start a quarrel or fight with someone故意挑起与某人的争吵或打架: I could see he was trying to pick a fight with me.我看得出他在想方设法和我吵架。9pick and choose to choose only the best people or things, or only the ones that you really like只挑选最好的人或物，或只挑选自己真正喜欢的: Come on, you haven’t got time to pick and choose.得了，你没时间挑三拣四了。10pick a lock to use something that is not a key to unlock a door, drawer etc用非钥匙的东西开锁（门、抽屉等）: It’s quite easy to pick the lock on a car door.撬开车门锁相当容易。11pick a hole in something to make a hole in something by pulling it with your fingers用手指拉扯某物使其产生洞: He had picked a hole in his jumper.他把毛衣抠出了一个洞。12 pick holes in something informal非正式 to criticize an idea or a plan by saying what its weak points are通过指出弱点来批评某个想法或计划: It’s easy to pick holes in her argument.找她论点的漏洞很容易。13pick something clean to remove all the meat from a bone when you are eating吃东西时把骨头上的肉剔得干干净净14pick somebody’s pocket to quietly steal something from someone’s pocket悄悄地从某人口袋里偷东西15pick a winner informal非正式 to choose someone or something very good挑选出非常好的人或物16pick something to pieces informal非正式 to criticize something very severely and in a very detailed way非常严厉且非常详细地批评某事: I’m fed up with having my work picked to pieces.我受够了自己的工作被批得体无完肤。17musical instrument American English to play a musical instrument by pulling at its strings with your fingers用手指拨弦来演奏乐器 SYN pluck → have a bone to pick with somebody at bone1(10)pick at something phrasal verb1to eat only small amounts of food because you do not feel hungry or do not like the food因为不饿或不喜欢食物而只吃少量: Paige could only pick at her meal, forcing down a mouthful or two.佩奇只能勉强吃上一两口，食不下咽。2to touch something many times with your fingers, pulling it slightly用手指反复触碰某物，轻轻拉扯: She was picking at her skirt.她在不停地拨弄自己的裙子。pick somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb to point a weapon carefully at one person or animal in a group, and then shoot them仔细地将武器瞄准群体中的某一个人或动物，然后将其射杀: There were gunmen in some of the buildings who picked off our men as they went past.部分建筑里有枪手，他们趁我们的人经过时逐一射杀。pick on somebody/something phrasal verb spoken口语1to behave in an unfair way to someone, for example by blaming them or criticizing them unfairly以不公平的方式对待某人，例如不公平地指责或批评他们: Why don’t you pick on someone else for a change?你怎么不换个人欺负欺负？2 British English to choose a particular person or thing选择特定的某人或某物: Just pick on one job and try to get that finished.就专注一件事，把它做完。pick somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1choose to choose someone or something from a group从一组人或物中挑选出某人或某物: She picked out a navy blue dress.她挑选了一件藏青色连衣裙。 His story was picked out as the best by the judges.他的故事被评委评选为最佳。2recognize to recognize someone or something in a group of people or things在一群人或物中辨认出某人或某物: She was able to pick out her father at the other side of the room.她能够在房间的另一侧认出她的父亲。 I picked out Valerie’s voice from among the general conversation.我从一片嘈杂的交谈声中辨认出了瓦莱丽的声音。3see if you can pick something out, you can see it but not very clearly如果你能辨认出某物，说明你能看到它，但不太清楚: I could just pick out some letters carved into the stone.我勉强能辨认出刻在石头上的一些字母。4shown clearly if something is picked out, it is in a different colour or material from the background, so that it can be clearly seen如果某物被突出显示，说明它与背景颜色或材质不同，因此能被清楚地看到: His name was picked out in gold lettering.他的名字以金色字体突出显示。GRAMMAR Pick out is usually passive in this meaning.5play a tune to play a tune on a musical instrument slowly or with difficulty缓慢地或费力地在乐器上演奏一段旋律: He sat at the piano and picked out a simple tune.他坐在钢琴前，费力地弹出一段简单的旋律。pick over something phrasal verb to examine a group of things very carefully in order to choose the ones you want非常仔细地检查一组物品，以便选出自己想要的: She was sitting at the kitchen table picking over a pile of mushrooms.她坐在厨房桌子旁，仔细地挑拣一堆蘑菇。pick through something phrasal verb to search through a pile of things to find things that you want在一堆东西中翻找自己想要的东西: Police are still picking through the rubble looking for clues to the cause of the explosion.警方仍在翻查瓦砾，寻找爆炸原因的线索。pick up phrasal verb1lift something/somebody up pick something/somebody ↔ up to lift something or someone up举起某物或某人: He picked up the letter and read it.他拿起信并读了起来。 The phone rang and I picked it up.电话响了，我拿起听筒。 Mummy, can you pick me up?妈妈，你能把我抱起来吗？2pick yourself up to get up from the ground after you have fallen摔倒后从地上爬起来: Carol picked herself up and brushed the dirt off her coat.卡罗尔从地上爬起来，拍去外套上的泥土。3tidy something pick something ↔ up American English to make a room or building tidy整理房间或建筑物: Pick up your room before you go to bed.睡觉前把你的房间收拾好。4get something pick something ↔ up informal非正式 a)to get or win something获得或赢得某物: He’s already picked up three major prizes this year.他今年已经获得了三个重要奖项。 b)to buy something or get it from a shop etc购买某物或从商店等地方取得某物: I picked up an evening paper on the way home.我回家路上买了一份晚报。 For more details, pick up a leaflet in your local post office.如需了解更多详情，请到当地邮局领取一份宣传册。 c)to get an illness感染疾病: I picked up a virus while I was in America.我在美国期间感染了一种病毒。5collect pick something ↔ up to collect something from a place从某处取回某物: I’ll pick my things up later.我稍后再来拿我的东西。 She just dropped by to pick up her mail.她只是顺道来取她的邮件。6let somebody into a vehicle pick somebody ↔ up to let someone get into your car, boat etc and take them somewhere让某人上你的车、船等，并送他们去某处: I’ll pick you up at the station.我去车站接你。 The survivors were picked up by fishing boats from nearby villages.幸存者被附近村庄的渔船救起。7learn pick something ↔ up to learn something by watching or listening to other people通过观察或聆听他人来学到某事: I picked up a few words of Greek when I was there last year.我去年在那里时学会了几个希腊语词汇。 Mary watched the other dancers to see if she could pick up any tips.玛丽观察其他舞者，看看能不能学到什么技巧。8notice pick something ↔ up to notice something that is not easy to notice, such as a slight smell or a sign of something注意到不容易察觉的事物，例如淡淡的气味或某种迹象: I picked up a faint smell of coffee.我闻到了一丝淡淡的咖啡香味。 The dogs picked up the scent and raced off.狗嗅到了气味，飞奔而去。 We picked up their tracks again on the other side of the river.我们在河对岸再次发现了他们的踪迹。9radio/signals pick something ↔ up if a machine picks up a sound, movement, or signal, it is able to notice it or receive it如果机器能"pick up"某种声音、动作或信号，说明它能够探测或接收到它: The sensors pick up faint vibrations in the earth.传感器能探测到地中微弱的振动。 I managed to pick up an American news broadcast.我设法收听到了一个美国新闻广播。10sex pick somebody ↔ up to become friendly with someone you have just met because you want to have sex with them为了与刚认识的人发生性关系而主动搭讪结交: young women sitting around in bars waiting to be picked up在酒吧里坐等被搭讪的年轻女性11start again a)if you pick up where you stopped or were interrupted, you start again from that point如果你从停下或被打断的地方重新开始，意思是从那个地方继续: We’ll meet again in the morning and we can pick up where we left off.我们明天早上再见，可以从上次停下的地方继续。 b) pick something ↔ up if you pick up an idea that has been mentioned, you return to it and develop it further如果你"pick up"一个曾被提及的想法，意思是回到该想法并进一步发展它: I’d like to pick up what you said earlier.我想延续一下你早些时候说的话。 This same theme is picked up in his later works.这同一主题在他后来的作品中得到了延续与发展。12improve a)if a situation picks up, it improves如果一种情况"picks up"，说明它有所改善: Her social life was picking up at last.她的社交生活终于开始好转了。 The economy is finally beginning to pick up again.经济终于开始再次好转了。 We’ve been through a bit of a bad patch, but things are picking up again now.我们经历了一段艰难时期，但现在情况正在好转。 b)pick somebody up if a medicine or drink picks you up, it makes you feel better如果药物或饮料"picks you up"，说明它能让你感觉更好13road pick something ↔ up if you pick up a road, you go onto it and start driving along it如果你"pick up"一条路，意思是走上那条路并开始沿着它行驶: We take the A14 to Birmingham and then pick up the M5.我们沿A14公路前往伯明翰，然后上M5高速。14train/bus pick something ↔ up if you pick up a train, bus etc, you get onto it and travel on it如果你"pick up"一辆火车、公共汽车等，意思是搭上它并乘坐它旅行15pick up speed/steam to go faster加速: The train was gradually picking up speed.火车在逐渐加速。16pick up the bill/tab (for something) informal非正式 to pay for something为某事付款: Why should the taxpayer pick up the tab for mistakes made by a private company?为什么要由纳税人来为一家私营公司的错误买单？17wind if the wind picks up, it increases or grows stronger如果风"picks up"，说明风速增加或风势增强18colour pick something ↔ up 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如果一件物品呼应了另一件物品的颜色，说明它含有相同颜色的成分，使两者搭配起来很好看: I like the way the curtains pick up the red in the rug.我喜欢窗帘与地毯上红色相呼应的搭配效果。19criminal pick somebody ↔ up if the police pick someone up, they take them somewhere to answer questions or to be locked up如果警察"pick someone up"，说明他们把该人带走接受问询或拘押: He was picked up by police as he was trying to leave the country.他在试图离境时被警察逮捕。20pick up the pieces (of something) to try to make your life normal again after something very bad has happened to you在经历了非常糟糕的事情之后，尝试让自己的生活恢复正常: Thousands of victims of the earthquake are now faced with the task of picking up the pieces of their lives.数千名地震受害者现在面临着重建生活的任务。21pick up the threads (of something) 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如果你"pick up the threads"，意思是在事情停止或改变后，尝试回到之前在做的事情并重新开始: Now that the war was over they could pick up the threads of their lives again.战争结束了，他们可以重新拾起生活的线索，重头开始。22pick your feet up spoken口语 used to tell someone to walk properly or more quickly用于告诉某人走路要有样子或走快一点pick up after somebody phrasal verb informal非正式 to tidy things that someone else has left untidy整理别人留下的乱摊子: I’m tired of picking up after you!我厌倦了总是替你收拾烂摊子！pick up on something phrasal verb1to notice something about the way someone is behaving or feeling, even though they are trying not to show it察觉到某人行为或感受中的某些东西，即使他们努力不表现出来: Children pick up on our worries and anxieties.孩子们能察觉到我们的担忧和焦虑。2to return to a point or an idea that has been mentioned and discuss it more回到之前提到的某个观点或想法，并进一步讨论: I’d like to pick up on a point that Steven made earlier.我想就史蒂文之前提出的一个观点进一步讨论。3pick somebody up on something to criticize someone slightly for something they have said就某人所说的话对其稍加批评或指正: I knew he was lying and I should have picked him up on it.我知道他在撒谎，本应当场指出来的。pickpick2 noun 1[uncountable] if you can have your pick or take your pick of different things, you can choose which one you want如果你可以"have your pick"或"take your pick"，意思是你可以选择自己想要的任何一个: Have a look at the menu and take your pick.看看菜单，随便选一个吧。 He knew he could take his pick of any of the girls in the office.他知道自己可以在办公室的任何一个女孩中随意挑选。 Sarah could have her pick of any university in the country.莎拉可以随意选择全国任何一所大学。have/get first pick (of something) She always gets first pick of the videos.她总是第一个挑选视频。2the pick of something informal非正式 the best things in a group一组中最好的东西: In tonight’s programme we’ll be discussing the pick of this month’s new movies.在今晚的节目中，我们将讨论本月最佳新片。 There were fifteen candidates for the job, and he was the pick of the bunch (=the best one).这份工作有15名候选人，他是其中的佼佼者（=最好的一个）。3[countable] informal非正式 your pick is the person or thing that you have chosen from a group你的"pick"是你从一组人或物中选出的人或物 SYN choice: There are a lot of good horses in the race, but Archimedes would be my pick.这场比赛有很多好马，但我会选阿基米德。4[countable] a pickaxe鹤嘴锄5[countable] informal非正式 a small flat object that you use for pulling at the strings of a musical instrument such as a guitar一种用于拨弄吉他等乐器弦的小扁平物（拨片） SYN plectrum → ice pick
1[uncountable] if you can have your pick or take your pick of different things, you can choose which one you want如果你可以"have your pick"或"take your pick"，意思是你可以选择自己想要的任何一个: Have a look at the menu and take your pick.看看菜单，随便选一个吧。 He knew he could take his pick of any of the girls in the office.他知道自己可以在办公室的任何一个女孩中随意挑选。 Sarah could have her pick of any university in the country.莎拉可以随意选择全国任何一所大学。have/get first pick (of something) She always gets first pick of the videos.她总是第一个挑选视频。2the pick of something informal非正式 the best things in a group一组中最好的东西: In tonight’s programme we’ll be discussing the pick of this month’s new movies.在今晚的节目中，我们将讨论本月最佳新片。 There were fifteen candidates for the job, and he was the pick of the bunch (=the best one).这份工作有15名候选人，他是其中的佼佼者（=最好的一个）。3[countable] informal非正式 your pick is the person or thing that you have chosen from a group你的"pick"是你从一组人或物中选出的人或物 SYN choice: There are a lot of good horses in the race, but Archimedes would be my pick.这场比赛有很多好马，但我会选阿基米德。4[countable] a pickaxe鹤嘴锄5[countable] informal非正式 a small flat object that you use for pulling at the strings of a musical instrument such as a guitar一种用于拨弄吉他等乐器弦的小扁平物（拨片） SYN plectrum → ice pick