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*pick¹ /pɪk; pɪk/
v [T]
1 to choose something or someone 选择，挑选〔某物〕:
Students have to pick three courses. 学生必须选修三门课。
Have you picked a date for the wedding yet? 你选定结婚佳期了吗？
2 to break off a flower or fruit from a plant 采，摘:
We've picked some flowers for you. 我们为你摘了些花。
freshly picked strawberries 刚摘下的草莓
3 to pull off small pieces from something 捡除，剔除〔细小物体〕:
She sat nervously picking bits of fluff off her sweater. 她紧张地坐着，在摘掉毛衣上的小毛团。
4 pick a fight/argument/quarrel with sb to deliberately begin to argue or fight with someone 向某人挑起打斗/争执/争吵:
Dean's always picking fights with the younger kids. 迪恩老是向比他小的孩子寻衅打架。
5 pick your way to move carefully, choosing exactly where to walk 小心翼翼地走路:
She picked her way through the piles of rubbish and broken glass. 她小心翼翼地走过垃圾和碎玻璃堆。
6 pick sb's brain(s) to ask someone for information or advice about something 向某人讨教:
I've got a problem with my computer — can I pick your brains? 我的电脑出了问题，能请教你一下吗？
7 to open a lock using something such as a piece of wire, not a key 〔用铁丝等〕打开，撬开〔锁〕
8 pick sb's pocket to steal money etc from someone's pocket without them knowing 扒窃某人的钱包
pick atif you pick at your food, you eat only a few small amounts of it, especially because you are worried or feeling ill 〔因担忧或感觉不适〕一点点地吃，挑挑拣拣地吃:
I was so nervous I could only pick at my lunch. 我担心得吃饭也没胃口。
pick on
to repeatedly criticize or upset someone unfairly 〔不公正地〕批评; 惹恼〔某人〕:
Greg, stop picking on your sister! 格雷格，别惹你妹妹！
pick sb/sth ↔ out
to recognize someone or something from among a group of people or things 辨认出某人［某物］:
She was able to pick out her attacker from a police lineup. 她能够从警察找来的一排嫌疑人中辨认出袭击她的人。
pick up
1 [T pick sb/sth up] to lift someone or something 举起，捡起，拿起，拾起〔某人或某物〕:
Pick me up, Daddy! 爸爸，把我抱起来！
kids picking up shells at the beach 在海滩边捡贝壳的小孩子
I picked up the phone just as it stopped ringing. 我拿起电话听筒时刚好电话不响了。
2 [T pick sb/sth ↔ up] to collect someone or something, especially using a car 〔尤指用汽车〕接（载）人［物］:
I'll pick up my stuff around six, okay? 我六点左右来取东西，行吗？
What time should we pick you up at the airport? 我们应该什么时候到机场接你？
3 [I] if business, your social life etc picks up, it improves 〔生意、社交生活等〕好转，改善:
Sales should pick up before Christmas. 圣诞节前销售应该有起色。
4 [I,T pick up sth] if someone's speed or the wind picks up, it gets faster or stronger 〔速度、风力〕加快; 增强:
The car was gradually picking up speed. 汽车逐渐地加速。
The wind had picked up considerably. 风力大大增强了。
5 [T pick sth ↔ up] to learn something without deliberately trying to 〔不经意地〕学会:
If you go to live in another country you'll soon pick up the language. 如果你到另一个国家生活，你很快就会学会那里的语言。
6 [T pick sth ↔ up] to get an illness from someone 感染〔疾病〕:
She's picked up a cold from a child at school. 她从学校里的一个小孩那里感染了感冒。
7 [T pick sth ↔ up] to notice, see, or hear something; DETECT 注意到; 看到; 听到:
The dogs were able to pick up the scent. 那些狗能嗅出那气味。
8 [pick sth ↔ up] if a machine picks up a sound or a signal, it receives it 〔机器〕接收［收听］到:
We can pick up French radio stations from here. 我们在这里能收听到法国的电台。
The satellite failed to pick up the signal. 这颗人造卫星未能接收到信号。
9 [T pick sb ↔ up] if the police pick someone up, they arrest them or ask them questions 〔警方〕逮捕〔某人〕
10 [T pick sb ↔ up] to talk to someone and try to begin a sexual relationship with them 勾搭，勾引〔某人〕
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