●ˌpick sth ˈover1. ( ˌpick ˈthrough sthless frequent) to look carefully at a group of things, choosing what you want and rejecting anything you do not want用心挑选;筛选◆He picked over the apples, checking for bad ones. 他仔细挑选苹果,把坏的拣出去。◆Bargain hunters picked over a pile of sale items. 专捡便宜货的人在一堆打折商品中挑来拣去。2. (especially BrE) to examine or analyse sth carefully仔细审查;认真分析◆We spent the meeting picking over last month’s results. 我们开会详细研究了上个月的业绩。[v + adv + n][v + pron + adv]