| 词组 | pick |
| 释义 | pick [picked, picked, picking] pick at 1. pick at sth to eat only small amounts of food without showing much interest in it, for example because you are not hungry or you are thinking about something else: ▪ Chantal was picking at the salad without much enthusiasm. ▪ Paige was so worried she could only pick at her meal, forcing down a mouthful or two. 2. pick at sth to scratch or pull something gently again and again: ▪ Wayne sat on a log, picking at an old scab on his knee. ▪ "So," said Andrea, picking at a pool of wax on the table, "why did you come back?" 3. pick at sb especially AmE to keep criticizing someone or complaining about things that they do, especially things that are not very important: ▪ My two boys pick at each other all day about stupid little things. pick off 1. pick off sb • pick sb off to shoot and kill one person or animal in a group, or destroy one plane, ship etc in a group and continue to do this again and again: ▪ The British soldiers wore red tunics, which made it easy for the Boers to pick them off from a distance. ▪ They picked off Iraq's mobile Scud missiles one by one and, gradually, the Scuds stopped reaching their targets. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑take out 2. pick off sb • pick sb off to choose and take the best people or things from a group: ▪ The big clubs are able to pick off rising young stars early in their career. ■ SIMILAR TO: cherrypick pick on 1. pick on sb/sth to treat one person badly in a way that seems very unfair, for example because they are the weakest or they are different from the other people in the group: ▪ Marjorie was a shy, quiet girl who was always being picked on and bullied by the other kids at school ▪ The other students have found out that I am gay, and keep picking on me all the time. 2. pick on sb/sth BrE to choose one person or thing when you could easily have chosen someone else or a different one: ▪ My son's first word was "dada", but for some reason my daughter picked on "toaster". ▪ I don't know why he picked on me; I've never been very attractive. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑choose pick out 1. pick out sth/sb • pick sth/sb out to choose one particular thing or person from a group: ▪ Sophie naturally picked out the most expensive ring in the whole shop. ▪ The judges picked her work out as the best in the show. ■ SIMILAR TO: select, ↑single out 2. pick out sb/sth • pick sb/sth out to recognize a person or thing from a group: ▪ The watchman was able to pick out his attackers at an identification parade. ▪ It was hard to pick out faces that he knew in the crowd. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑identify 3. pick out sb/sth • pick out sb/sth to succeed in seeing someone or something, even though this is difficult, for example because it is dark or they are a long distance from you: ▪ My eyes had become accustomed to the dark, so I could pick out shapes about seventy-five yards away. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑make out, ↑identify 4. pick out sth • pick sth out if a light picks out something, it shines on it or in a way that makes it possible to see it clearly: ▪ The dim light picked out the shadows of his cheekbones. ▪ Suddenly the car headlights picked out a cat which was darting across the road in front of them. 5. pick out sth • pick sth out usually passive if something is picked out, it is in a different colour or material so that it is noticeable + in ▪ The sign had a cream background, with the lettering picked out in black. ▪ His jacket had the words "Live to Ride" picked out in metal studs across the back. 6. pick out • pick sth out to play a tune on a musical instrument, especially slowly or with difficulty because you cannot remember it clearly or you cannot play well: ▪ Sinead was picking out an old Beatles song on her guitar. I think it was 'Norwegian Wood'. pick over 1. pick over sth to examine a group of things carefully in order to choose the ones you want: ▪ People were picking over piles of old clothes on the market stalls, looking for bargains. ▪ The seabirds picked over the debris that washed up on the lake shore, and scrounged food from the tourists. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑look through 2. pick over sth to examine or discuss something very carefully, especially paying particular attention to the most unpleasant or embarrassing parts of it: ▪ The weekly magazines have been picking over the details of the trial. ▪ She hated the idea of her personal life being picked over by the media. ■ SIMILAR TO: dissect pick through pick through sth to search through things, especially an untidy pile of things, in order to find something: ▪ Rescue workers are picking through the ruins, looking for survivors. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑search through, ↑sift through pick up 1. pick up sth/sb • pick sth/sb up to lift something or someone up, especially with your hands: ▪ Maurin picked up the gun and put it in a pocket. ▪ Picking up her bag she rushed out of the room. ▪ The little girl's mother laughed and bent down to pick her up. pick up the phone (=lift up the phone so that you can use it) ▪ The phone rang, and he picked it up. ■ SIMILAR TO: lift (up) ■ OPPOSITE: put down 2. pick up sb/sth • pick sb/sth up to collect someone from a place where they are waiting for you, or something that is ready to be collected: ▪ I went to pick Korey up from the airport. ▪ When she called in at the garage to pick up her car, she was presented with a bill for over $1000. ▪ The boys were eventually picked up by a rescue boat and taken by ambulance to Nobles Hospital. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑collect pick-up n C when you go somewhere to collect something that you have arranged to buy or take somewhere else: ▪ Drug dealers used the place for pick-ups of heroin and cocaine. ▪ Can you wait in the pick-up area while I bring the car around? pickup truck/pickup n C a small truck with an open area at the back in which goods can be carried 3. pick up sb • pick sb up if you pick someone up while you are travelling in a car or other vehicle, you stop so that they can get in with you and travel with you: ▪ We stopped to pick up a couple of hitchhikers, who said they were trying to get to Athens. ■ SIMILAR TO: give sb a lift 4. pick up sth • pick sth up to get or buy something, especially something that you find by chance and buy for a low price: ▪ Did you manage to pick up any bargains in the sales? ▪ They both loved the painting. Arnold had picked it up in the sixties for just a few pounds. 5. pick up sth • pick sth up to get or buy something, especially in a place that you have gone to for another purpose: ▪ If you're going into town, can you pick up a magazine for me? ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get 6. pick up sth • pick sth up to get or win something such as a prize or votes in an election, or something that helps you be successful: ▪ Last year the movie picked up six Academy Awards, including best actor and best screenplay. ▪ The Democrats are likely to pick up more than 50% of the votes. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get, ↑win 7. pick sth up • pick up sth to learn how to do something by watching or listening to other people or by practising doing it, rather than by being taught: ▪ While I was in Tokyo I picked up quite a bit of Japanese. ▪ The system's easy to use. You'll soon pick it up. ■ SIMILAR TO: learn 8. pick sth up • pick sth up to learn about something such as a useful piece of information, an interesting idea, or story about someone: ▪ I went to see Lucy, hoping to pick up some juicy gossip. pick up a tip (=a useful piece of information) ▪ Here's a useful tip I picked up the other day. Cover the beans in cooking oil before you plant them. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑find out 9. pick up sth • pick sth up to get an infectious disease: ▪ She's got a nasty cough. We think she must have picked it up at school. ▪ Charles may have picked up malaria when he was in Africa. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get, ↑catch, ↑contract formal 10. pick up sth • pick sth up if you pick up a habit or a way of speaking or behaving, you start to do it because you have spent a lot time with a particular group of people or in a particular place: ▪ The children had all picked up strong local accents while they were at school. ▪ It's said that British soldiers picked up the habit of drinking wine in France during the war. ■ SIMILAR TO: acquire formal 11. pick up sth • pick sth up to earn a particular amount of money for your work, especially a surprisingly large amount: ▪ Top city lawyers can pick up well over $100,000 a year. ■ SIMILAR TO: earn 12. pick up if a situation picks up, it starts to improve after a time when there have been a lot of problems - use this especially about a company's business or the economic situation in a country: ▪ In recent months the economy has started to pick up again. ▪ Don't worry, I'm sure things will soon pick up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑improve, get better pick-up n singular a time when trade, business, or the economic situation improves: ▪ There's been a pick-up in sales over the last quarter. pick-me-up n C a drink that makes you feel better and gives you more energy 13. pick up • pick up sth • pick sth up to start doing something again from the point where you or someone else stopped before, for example a story, conversation, relationship, or a period of success: ▪ La Plante's new detective thriller picks up at the point where the previous one ended. pick up where sb/sth left off ▪ When he came back on court, Sampras picked up again where he'd left off, and won the match easily. ■ SIMILAR TO: resume, ↑take up 14. pick up sb • pick sb up to start talking to someone who you have never met before in order to have a sexual relationship with them: ▪ Bridget woke up with some strange man who she'd picked up at a party the night before. ▪ He went around picking up half-drunk girls in pubs and spending the night with them. pick-up n singular when you start talking to someone you have never met because you want to have a sexual relationship with them: ▪ I was just being friendly, but she thought this was some sort of pick-up. ▪ bars and pick-up joints (=places where people go to meet people so that they can have sex with them) 15. pick up sb • pick sb up if the police pick up someone, especially a criminal or someone they have been looking for, they stop them and take them somewhere to ask them questions: ▪ Police officers were waiting to pick him up for questioning when he arrived at Moscow airport. ▪ Angel was picked up by police half a mile from her home, after her parents had called in to say she was missing. 16. pick up sth • pick sth up if electronic equipment picks up sounds, radio signals, or programmes, it receives them and makes it possible for you to listen to them or watch them: ▪ The Titanic's distress signal was picked up by other vessels in the area. ▪ If you have a short-wave radio you can pick up the BBC World Service. ▪ Microphones tend to pick up a lot of background noise, which then has to be edited out. ■ SIMILAR TO: receive 17. pick up sth • pick up sth to notice a smell or signs that show that someone or something is there or has been there: ▪ The dog picked up the missing child's scent, and followed the trail to some bushes. 18. pick up sth • pick sth up to notice a mistake or something that seems odd about something: ▪ Don't worry about spelling mistakes - the spell-checker should pick any of them up. ■ SIMILAR TO: spot, detect, ↑identify 19. pick yourself up to get up off the ground and stand after you have fallen down: ▪ Curtis picked himself up and looked around for his wallet. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get up 20. pick up the bill/the tab to pay a bill for someone: ▪ The government will have to pick up the bill for all the damage. ▪ We went out for a meal in a fancy restaurant, and she picked up the tab. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pay 21. pick up speed/steam if a vehicle or ship picks up speed or steam, it starts to move more quickly: ▪ The car picked up speed and shot off into the distance. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑speed up, accelerate ■ OPPOSITE: slow down 22. pick up sth AmE informal to make a place tidy: ▪ You can't go out until you pick up your room. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑clean up, ↑tidy up BrE 23. the wind picks up if the wind picks up, it starts to get stronger: ▪ That evening the wind picked up and storm clouds started moving over from the east. pick up after pick up after sb spoken informal to put things back in the right place and make everything neat and tidy, after someone else has taken things out and left them in the wrong place: ▪ All I seem to do is wash, clean, and pick up after the children. ■ SIMILAR TO: clean up after sb pick up on 1. pick up on sth to notice something, especially something that other people do not notice: ▪ Children tend to pick up on your worries and stress, and it's difficult to hide your true feelings from them. ▪ I think Errol was the only one who picked up on my mood. ■ SIMILAR TO: notice 2. pick up on sth to notice something and realize that it is important, and take action because of it: ▪ The press were quick to pick up on the story. ▪ "I may have mentioned your name in one of my letters." "Let's just hope she doesn't pick up on it." 3. pick up on sth if you pick up on something that was mentioned earlier, you say more about it or say things that are connected with it: ▪ She smiled, then picked up on his previous question. ▪ To pick up on an earlier theme, there are two main traditions in the history of Western art. 4. pick sb up on sth BrE to tell someone that they have made a mistake or done something that you disapprove of: ▪ Glyn took his remark as an insult, and immediately picked him up on it. ▪ She asked me to pick her up on any mistakes in her English. ■ SIMILAR TO: correct pick up with pick up with sb to start meeting someone again and start doing things together as friends: ▪ Amelia was looking forward to picking up with her old friends when she got back home again. |
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