| 词组 | pick out |
| 释义 | 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'. |
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