pick
/pɪk/
(picking, picked,picks)
1. 及物动词 If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one. 挑选
- 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六个销售职位挑选了十人进行面试。
2. 单数型名词 You can refer to the best things or people in a particular group as the pick of that group. 精华; 精英
- The boys here are the pick of the high school's football players. 这儿的男孩都是该中学足球队的精英。
3. 及物动词 When you pick flowers, fruit, or leaves, you break them off the plant or tree and collect them. 采摘
- She used to pick flowers in the Adirondacks. 她以前常去阿迪朗达克山采花。
4. 及物动词 If you pick something from a place, you remove it from there with your fingers or your hand. 拿走
- 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。
5. 及物动词 If you pick your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth. 抠 (鼻子); 剔 (牙)
- Edgar, don't pick your nose, dear. 埃德加，不要抠鼻子，亲爱的。
6. 及物动词 If you pick a fight with someone, you deliberately cause one. 挑衅
- 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。
7. 及物动词 If someone such as a thief picks a lock, they open it without a key, for example, by using a piece of wire. 撬 (锁)
- 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。
8. 可数名词 A pick is the same as a . 同 pickax
9. 动词 to pierce, dig, or break up (a hard surface) with a pick (用鹤嘴锄)凿; 掘; 挖
10. 动词 to cast (a shuttle) 投(梭)
11. 名词 one casting of a shuttle 投梭
12. 习语 If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things. 任意挑选
- Accountants can take their pick of company cars. 会计们可以任意挑选公司的汽车。
13. to pick holes in something →see hole
14. to pick someone's pocket →see pocket
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