新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

pick

英  [pɪk]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • picks

    1[SING 单数型名词] 精华 , 精英

    You can refer to the best things or people in a particular group as the pick of that group.

    双语例句

    例:

    The boys here are the pick of the high school's soccer players.

    这几个男孩都是该中学足球队的精英。

    2[C 可数名词]

    A pick is a large tool consisting of a curved, pointed piece of metal with a long handle joined to the middle. Picks are used for breaking up rocks or the ground.

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • pick on

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 刁难 , 欺负

    If someone picks on you, they repeatedly criticize you unfairly or treat you unkindly.

    双语例句

    例:

    Bullies pick on younger children.

    恃强凌弱的家伙欺负年纪更小的孩子。

  • pick out

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 辨认出

    If you pick out someone or something, you recognize them when it is difficult to see them, for example, because they are among a large group.

    双语例句

    例:

    The detective picked out the words with difficulty.

    侦探费力地辨认出这些字。

    2[PHRASAL 短语] 挑选

    If you pick out someone or something, you choose them from a group of people or things.

    近义词

    select

    双语例句

    例:

    I have been picked out to represent the whole team.

    我被挑选出来代表全队。

  • pick up

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 拾起

    When you pick something up, you lift it up.

    双语例句

    例:

    He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head.

    他从地板上捡起帽子,重新戴在头上。

    2[PHRASAL 短语] (跌倒或被击倒后)慢慢站起身

    When you pick yourself up after you have fallen or been knocked down, you stand up rather slowly.

    双语例句

    例:

    Tony picked himself up and set off along the track.

    托尼慢慢起身,沿着跑道跑了起来。

    3[PHRASAL 短语] (开车)接 , 取

    When you pick up someone or something that is waiting to be collected, you go to the place where they are and take them away, often in a car.

    双语例句

    例:

    She was going over to her parents' house to pick up some clean clothes for Oskar.

    她正要去父母家为奥斯卡取几件干净的衣服。

    4[PHRASAL 短语] 逮捕

    If someone is picked up by the police, they are arrested and taken to a police station.

    双语例句

    例:

    Rawlings had been picked up by police at his office.

    罗林斯在他的办公室被警察逮捕了。

    5[PHRASAL 短语] (不费力地)学会 , 获得

    If you pick up something such as a skill or an idea, you acquire it without effort over a period of time.

    双语例句

    例:

    Where did you pick up your English?

    你是在哪儿学的英语?

    6[PHRASAL 短语] 勾搭

    If you pick up someone you do not know, you talk to them and try to start a sexual relationship with them.

    双语例句

    例:

    He had picked her up at a nightclub, where she worked as a singer.

    他是在一家夜总会勾搭上她的,她在那儿当歌手。

    7[PHRASAL 短语] 染上(疾病)

    If you pick up an illness, you get it from somewhere or something.

    近义词

    catch

    双语例句

    例:

    They've picked up a really nasty infection from something they've eaten.

    他们因食用了某物而染上了非常严重的传染病。

    8[PHRASAL 短语] 接收(信号或声音)

    If a piece of equipment, for example, a radio or a microphone, picks up a signal or sound, it receives it or detects it.

    双语例句

    例:

    We can pick up Mexican television.

    我们可以收到墨西哥电视台。

    9[PHRASAL 短语] 发现 , 识别

    If you pick up something, such as a feature or a pattern, you discover or identify it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Some groups of consumers are slow to pick up trends in the use of information technology.

    有些顾客群对信息技术应用方面的潮流反应迟钝。

    10[PHRASAL 短语] 接起(某观点、话题)

    If someone picks up a point or topic that has already been mentioned, or if they pick up on it, they refer to it or develop it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Can I just pick up that guy's point?

    我能接着谈一下那个人的观点吗?

    11[PHRASAL 短语] (贸易、经济)改善

    If trade or the economy of a country picks up, it improves.

    双语例句

    例:

    Industrial production is beginning to pick up.

    工业生产开始好转。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • pick up speed

    1加速

    When a vehicle picks up speed, it begins to move more quickly.

    近义词

    accelerate

    双语例句

    例:

    Brian started the engine and pulled away slowly, but picked up speed once he entered Oakwood Drive.

    布赖恩发动引擎慢慢驶离,但一上奥克伍德大道就开始加速。

  • take one's pick

    1任意挑选

    If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.

    双语例句

    例:

    Accountants can take their pick of company cars.

    会计可以任选配备的公车。

    VERB. 动词
  • picks , picking , picked

    1[T 及物动词] 挑选

    If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one.

    双语例句

    例:

    Mr Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in Dallas.

    诺埃尔先生为在达拉斯的6个销售职位挑选了10个人进行面试。

    2[T 及物动词] 采摘

    When you pick flowers, fruit, or leaves, you break them off the plant or tree and collect them.

    双语例句

    例:

    She used to pick flowers in the Adirondacks.

    她以前常去阿迪朗达克山采花。

    3[T 及物动词] 拿走

    If you pick something from a place, you remove it from there with your fingers or your hand.

    双语例句

    例:

    He picked the napkin from his lap and placed it alongside his plate.

    他从腿上拿起餐巾,放在他的盘子旁边。

    4[T 及物动词] 抠(鼻子) , 剔(牙)

    If you pick your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth.

    双语例句

    例:

    Edgar, don't pick your nose, dear.

    埃德加,不要抠鼻子,宝贝儿。

    5[T 及物动词] 挑衅

    If you pick a fight with someone, you deliberately cause one.

    双语例句

    例:

    He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail.

    他找茬儿和服务员打架,结果锒铛入狱。

    6[T 及物动词] 撬(锁)

    If someone such as a thief picks a lock, they open it without a key, for example, by using a piece of wire.

    双语例句

    例:

    He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer.

    他熟练地撬开每一把锁,偷走了每个抽屉里的文件。

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