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pick up

释义

Idiom

pick up

Theme: CLEANING

to tidy up.

When you finish playing, you have to pick up.Please pick up after yourself.

Idiom

pick uppick (someone) up

to get someone and bring them somewhere.

I'll pick you up at the airport.I'm just waiting to pick up the kids.

to meet someone you did not know and begin an informal and often sexual relationship with them.

Is that the girl who picked him up at a bar last week?I was almost picked up by a 16-year-old last summer.

to get someone to play for your team.

They made trades with several teams, and picked up Davis from the Reds.

to put someone under the control of the police.

Police picked up 12 suspects in early-morning raids.The police pick them up, but the judges just let them go.

Phr V

pick up

picks, picking, picked

pick up sth/sb or pick sth/sb up

to lift something or someone by using your hands

I bent over to pick up my pen which had fallen on the floor.If she starts to cry, pick her up and give her a cuddle.She picked up the phone (= the part of the telephone that you hold to your ear and mouth) and dialled David's number.

to collect someone who is waiting for you, or to collect something that you have left somewhere or that you have bought

I'm just off to pick Stella up from the station.Could you pick up my dry cleaning while you're in town?Would you prefer to pick the tickets up or have them sent to you?

pick-up

noun

We arranged the pick-up for ten o'clock.

used as adj

You can pay for your goods now and collect them later at the pick-up area.

pickup

noun mainly American a small vehicle with an open part at the back in which goods can be carried

Jack's out in the pickup delivering potatoes to customers.

used as adj

a pickup truck

pick up sth or pick sth up

to get or buy something when you have gone to a place to do something else

I picked up a leaflet on vitamin supplements while I was at the doctor's.Should I pick up something for dinner while I'm in town?

to buy something cheaply

I picked up a half-price skirt in the sales.You can pick up a decent camera for as little as $40.

to learn a new skill or language by practising it rather than being taught it

I picked up quite a lot of Spanish during my six-month stay in Madrid.There's no formal training for a job like this - you just pick it up as you go along. (= you learn how to do the job as you work)

if you pick up a way of speaking or behaving {e.g. accent, habit}, you start to speak or behave in that way, usually because you have spent time in a particular place or with particular people

Parents who smoke should discourage their children from picking up the habit.I picked up a Canadian accent while I was living in Toronto.

to learn interesting or useful information {e.g. idea, tip, gossip} from someone or something

Did you pick up any interesting gossip from Emilio?You can pick up some really useful tips from cookery programmes.

to win a prize, or to get something that gives you an advantage {e.g. votes, support}

Anthony Hopkins picked up the award for best actor.The ruling party has picked up 70% of the vote in the elections.

if someone picks up the total amount of money owed for something {e.g. bill, tab, cheque}, they pay for itoften + for

If she loses the case, she'll have to pick up the bill for legal costs.Taxpayers will be picking up the tab for an improved public transport network.

to get an infectious illness from someone or something

Children pick up infections easily.I picked up a bug while I was travelling in north Africa.

if a device picks up a signal or programmes broadcast by a radio station, it receives them

Antennas around the top of the ship picked up the radar signals.You can pick up BBC Radio 4 in most of northern France.

to become aware of a smell, or to notice something that someone has left which can help you to find them

Police dogs picked up the scent of the two men from clothes they had left behind.I lost their trail by the stream but picked it up again shortly afterwards.

to notice a mistake in a piece of writing

If there are any errors, the copy editor should pick them up.

informal to earn a particular amount of money

Top football players can expect to pick up around £200,000 a year.

American informal to make a place tidy by putting things in the place where they are kept

I've told the kids to pick up their rooms.

pick up (sth) or pick (sth) up

to start something again {e.g. story, relationship} from the point where you had stopped

He picked up the story at the point where Jill had been rushed to hospital.I hoped that when Peter came back from the States, we'd just pick up where we left off. (= start our relationship again)

pick up sb or pick sb up

informal to start talking to someone you do not know because you want to have a sexual relationship with them

Do you often pick women up in bars?

pick-up

noun informal

I just thought he was being friendly - it never occurred to me that it was a pick-up.

used as adj

This bar has the reputation of being a pick-up joint. (= a place where people go to meet possible sexual partners)

if you pick someone up while you are travelling in a vehicle or boat, you allow them to get in your vehicle or boat so that you can take them somewhere

We picked up a hitchhiker on our way to Manchester.A passing ship heard the distress call and picked up the crew.

if the police pick someone up, they arrest them or they take them somewhere in order to ask them questions

The security police picked him up for questioning.She was picked up by the police on suspicion of drug-dealing.

pick yourself up

(always reflexive) to stand up again after you have fallen

She picked herself up and carried on walking.

pick up

if something {e.g. business, economy, trade} picks up, it improves or increases after a bad period

Business is finally picking up after the recession.In the past few months, house sales have started to pick up again.

pick-up

noun singular an increase or improvement

There has been no sign of a pick-up in sales.This year has seen a dramatic pick-up in the housing market.

if the wind picks up, it becomes stronger

The wind had picked up and it was looking rather stormy.

informal if you pick up, you answer the telephone

I sat there for ages, hoping someone would pick up.

pick up sth

if a vehicle or ship picks up speed or steam, it starts to go faster

The train picked up speed as it came out of the tunnel.

pickup

noun American & Australian the amount of power that a car engine has for increasing speed

He always complains when he drives my car that it doesn't have enough pickup.

pick up

verb

to meet someone and form a casual liaison in which at least one of the pair has sexual ambitions involving the other UK, 1698.

to pay a bill, especially when the accounting is for more than one person; to meet the expense of financing or sponsoring something US, 1945.

to smoke marijuana US, 1952.► pick up onto comprehend something US, 1959

phrasepick up1. 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 down2. 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: collectpick-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 carried3. 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 lift4. 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: get6. 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, win7. 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: learn8. 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 out9. 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 formal10. 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 formal11. 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: earn12. 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 betterpick-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 energy13. 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 up14. 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: receive17. 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, identify19. 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 up20. 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: pay21. 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 down22. 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 BrE23. 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

1. verb Literally, to grasp something (as with one's hands) and lift it up vertically. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." Would you please pick up that book from off the floor? Don't go picking these boxes up if your back is injured.

2. verb To purchase something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." Would you pick up a pizza for dinner on your way home from work? I picked up a new book recently. It's supposed to be very good. Pick up some treats for the kids while you're out, will you?

3. verb To claim, acquire, or retrieve something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." I need to go pick up my bike from the shop. They said they were finished working on it. I'm heading out to pick up my lawnmower from Steve's house.

4. verb To clean, tidy, or organize (some place). In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." Kids, pick up your playroom this instant or you are not getting any dessert tonight! John's upstairs picking his room up. I'm sick of picking up after you!

5. verb To acquire an illness, infection, or disease from someone else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." I think I picked up Tommy's cold. Don't come near me! I don't want to pick anything up from you!

6. verb To increase. They started a bit slow, but sales picked up around the holiday season.

7. verb To accumulate something. I think he'll be able to pick up a few voters in the later stages of the campaign. The car picked up speed as it careened down the hill. You'd be shocked how much germs you can pick up just from walking into the bathroom.

8. verb To detect someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." We picked up a signal that appears to be coming from Saturn! Hmm, I don't think the camera is picking us up. The sonar picked something massive up off the coast of Mexico.

9. verb To resume or start something again. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." And with that, we're out of time. Let's pick this discussion up on Monday, shall we? After I came back from London, we picked things up again as if I had never left.

10. verb To improve. The film was pretty boring initially, but it picked up in the second half. It was a rough year, but things have been picking up lately.

11. verb To give someone a ride in one's vehicle. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." I'll come by your house at 8 o'clock and pick you up. It's illegal to pick up hitchhikers. The bus was so full that it could no longer pick up passengers.

12. verb To lift someone up and carry them. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." My son is constantly asking me to pick him up. I can't get anything done around here! His leg was injured, so the trainers picked up Larry and carried him off the field.

13. verb To become acquainted with someone with the aim of having a sexual or romantic encounter with them. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." I can't believe I let a meathead like him pick me up. We went out to a few different bars trying to pick up chicks, but we didn't have any luck.

14. verb Of the police, to apprehend someone; to take someone into custody, as for questioning or arrest. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." They picked the suspect up in a motel on the outskirts of town. The man they picked up was released a few hours later without charge.

15. verb To improve one's mood, condition, or outlook. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." Here, have a bite to eat. It will pick you up a bit. I need a cup of coffee to pick me up—I'm falling asleep at the wheel!

16. verb To recover or improve one's condition or circumstances, especially after a hardship or difficulty. In this usage, a reflexive pronoun is used between "pick" and "up." The economic crash totally ruined my business, but I picked myself up and got work wherever I could. People all over the state are picking themselves up now that the hurricane has passed.

17. verb To pay a bill, especially to pay for others. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "pick" and "up." I know it's old-fashioned, but I still think a guy should pick up the bill on a first date. My employers have offered to pick up the cost of grad school. I'm going to pick this one up, fellas.

18. noun An acquaintance who was (successfully) pursued with the aim of having a sexual or romantic encounter. In this usage, the phrase is usually hyphenated. He keeps a little black book with the phone numbers of all his pick-ups.

19. noun A pickup truck (a type of truck with an open area behind the cab used for light hauling). In this usage, the phrase is usually hyphenated or written as one word. I'm thinking about renting a pickup so I can easily haul all the lumber I'll need for the deck.

20. noun An informally arranged sports game. In this usage, the phrase is usually hyphenated. I'd much rather play pick-up than organized basketball, it's just more fun.

21. adjective Describing an informally arranged sports game. In this usage, the phrase is usually hyphenated. You guys interested in a pick-up game?

pick someone up

1. to attempt to become acquainted with someone for romantic or sexual purposes. Who are you any way? Are you trying to pick me up? No, I never picked up anybody in my life!

2. [for the police] to find and bring someone to the police station for questioning or arrest. The cop tried to pick her up, but she heard him coming and got away. Sergeant Jones, go pick up Sally Franklin and bring her in to be questioned about the jewel robbery.

3. to stop one's car, bus, etc., and offer someone a ride. Don't ever pick a stranger up when you're out driving! I picked up a hitchhiker today, and we had a nice chat.

4. to go to a place in a car, bus, etc., and take on a person as a passenger. Please come to my office and pick me up at noon. I have to pick up Billy at school.

pick something up

1. Lit. to lift up or raise something from a lower place. Please help me pick this stuff up off the pavement. Pick up every bit of it!

2. Fig. to tidy up or clean up a room or some other place. Let's pick this room up in a hurry. I want you to pick up the entire house.

3. Fig. to find, purchase, or acquire something. Where did you pick that up? I picked up this tool at the hardware store.

4. Fig. to learn something. I pick languages up easily. I picked up a lot of knowledge about music from my brother.

5. Fig. to cause something to go faster, especially music. All right, let's pick up the tempo and get it moving faster. Okay, get moving. Pick it up!

6. Fig. to resume something. Pick it up right where you stopped. I'll have to pick up my work where I left off.

7. Fig. to receive radio signals; to bring something into view. I can just pick it up with a powerful telescope. I can hardly pick up a signal.

8. Fig. to find a trail or route. The dogs finally picked the scent up. You should pick up highway 80 in a few miles.

pick up

1. to tidy up. (See also (after someone or something)">pick up (after someone or something).) When you finish playing, you have to pick up. Please pick up after yourself.

2. to get busy; to go faster. Things usually pick up around here about 8:00. I hope business picks up a little later. It's boring here.

pick up

1. Lift, take up by hand, as in Please pick up that book from the floor. [Early 1300s]

2. Collect or gather, as in First they had to pick up the pieces of broken glass.

3. Tidy, put in order, as in Let's pick up the bedroom, or I'm always picking up after Pat. [Mid-1800s]

4. Take on passengers or freight, as in The bus picks up commuters at three stops.

5. Acquire casually, get without great effort or by accident. For example, I picked up a nice coat at the sale, or She had no trouble picking up French. This usage is even extended to contracting diseases, as in I think I picked up the baby's cold. [Early 1500s]

6. Claim, as in He picked up his laundry every Friday.

7. Buy, as in Please pick up some wine at the store on your way home.

8. pick up the bill or check or tab . Accept a charge in order to pay it, as in They always wait for us to pick up the tab. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

9. Increase speed or rate, as in The plane picked up speed, or The conductor told the strings to pick up the tempo.

10. Gain, as in They picked up five yards on that pass play.

11. Take into custody, apprehend, as in The police picked him up for burglary. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s]

12. Make a casual acquaintance with, especially in anticipation of sexual relations, as in A stranger tried to pick her up at the bus station. [Slang; late 1800s]

13. Come upon, find, detect, as in The dog picked up the scent, or They picked up two submarines on sonar, or I can't pick up that station on the car radio.

14. Resume, as in Let's pick up the conversation after lunch.

15. Improve or cause to improve in condition or activity, as in Sales picked up last fall, or He picked up quickly after he got home from the hospital, or A cup of coffee will pick you up. [1700s]

16. Gather one's belongings, as in She just picked up and left him.

17. pick oneself up. Recover from a fall or other mishap, as in Jim picked himself up and stood there waiting. [Mid-1800s] Also see the subsequent entries beginning with pick up.

pick up

1. To lift something or someone up, especially with the hands: He bent over and picked the child up. She hasn't picked up the violin in years. I picked up the phone and answered it. After the tackle, I picked myself up off the ground and walked to the scrimmage line.

2. To collect someone; call for someone: He left to pick up the children from school. I'll stop by your house at 8:00 and pick you up for the movie.

3. To collect or gather something: We picked up all the trash after the barbecue. Please pick your toys up so I can vacuum.

4. To tidy up some thing or place: You can't go outside until you pick up your room. I'm tired of picking up after you.

5. To take on passengers or freight, as of a vehicle: The bus picks up commuters at five stops. The truck will pick its cargo up in Miami.

6. To purchase something casually or by chance: Let's pick up a couple of magazines for the train ride. I picked this coat up at the sale.

7. To acquire knowledge or habits through practice or experience: My parents were afraid that I would pick up bad habits at summer camp. She never studied French in school—she just picked it up when she was working in Paris.

8. To claim something: She picked up her car at the repair shop. He dropped off his clothes at the dry cleaners and picked them up the following day.

9. To improve in condition or activity: Sales picked up last fall.

10. To acquire speed: The wind is starting to pick up. The bike picks up speed on the hill.

11. To cause some speed or rate to increase: The runners picked up the pace. Improvements to efficiency have picked the rate of production up.

12. To contract something, as a disease: I picked up a rare disease while I was traveling in Asia. The children must have picked the virus up at school.

13. To earn, gain, or garner something: Qualified specialists can pick up over $100 an hour.

14. To take someone into custody; arrest someone: The agents picked up two of the smugglers at the border. The police picked me up for questioning.

15. Vulgar Slang To make casual acquaintance with someone, usually in anticipation of sexual relations.

16. To detect something: The crew picked up two submarines on sonar. The signal is so weak that only a special antenna can pick it up. The dogs picked up the scent of the ducks.

17. pick up on To notice something: I picked up on my roommate's bad mood and left him alone.

18. To continue with something after a break: Let's pick up the discussion after lunch. She opened the book and picked the story up where she left off. The sequel picks up ten years after the death of the character in the last book.

19. To prepare a sudden departure: She just picked up and left without telling anyone.

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