pick
- v.选择;挑选;摘;采;(用手指)摘掉，剔除，掐去
- n.选择;挑选;精品;精华;选中的人(或物);最好的东西
复数： picks 过去式： picked 现在分词： picking 过去分词： picked 第三人称单数： picks
pickverb
选择；挑选
to choose sb/sth from a group of people or things
Pick a number from one to twenty.
从一至二十中挑选一个数。
She picked the best cake for herself.
她为自己挑了一块最好的蛋糕。
He picked his words carefully.
他用词细心谨慎。
Have I picked a bad time to talk to you?
我是不是挑了个不恰当的时间跟你谈话？
He has been picked to play in this week's game.
他已入选参加本周的比赛。
采；摘
to take flowers, fruit, etc. from the plant or the tree where they are growing
to pick grapes
摘葡萄
flowers freshly picked from the garden
刚从花园采的鲜花
to go blackberry picking
去采黑莓
（用手指）摘掉，剔除，掐去
to pull or remove sth or small pieces of sth from sth else, especially with your fingers
She picked bits of fluff from his sweater.
她摘掉他毛衣上的绒毛。
He picked the nuts off the top of the cake.
他把蛋糕上面的果仁拿掉。
to pick your nose (= put your finger inside your nose to remove dried mucus )
抠鼻子
to pick your teeth (= use a small sharp piece of wood to remove pieces of food from your teeth)
剔牙
The dogs picked the bones clean (= ate all the meat from the bones) .
狗把骨头啃得干干净净。
to choose only those things that you like or want very much
你只能有什么工作就干什么——你不能挑三拣四了。
You have to take any job you can get─you can't pick and choose.
to ask sb a lot of questions about sth because they know more about the subject than you do
to deliberately start a fight or an argument with sb
to find the weak points in sth such as a plan, suggestion, etc.
找他论据中的漏洞很容易。
It was easy to pick holes in his arguments.
to open a lock without a key, using sth such as a piece of wire
to steal sth from sb's pocket without them noticing
to pay for sth
公司为他付旅馆费。
The company picked up the tab for his hotel room.
The government will continue to pick up college fees for some students.
政府将继续替一些学生缴纳学费。
to return or to help sb return to a normal situation, particularly after a shock or a disaster
你不能替孩子过活，只能在出现问题时帮忙解决。
You cannot live your children's lives for them; you can only be there to pick up the pieces when things go wrong.
to go faster
to return to an earlier situation or way of life after an interruption
to walk carefully, choosing the safest, driest, etc. place to put your feet
她小心翼翼地在高低不平的地面上行走。
She picked her way delicately over the rough ground.
to be angry with sb about sth and want to discuss it with them
选择（目标）射击
to aim carefully at a person, an animal or an aircraft, especially one of a group, and then shoot them
Snipers were picking off innocent civilians.
狙击手专拣无辜的平民射击。
去除；剪除
to remove sth from sth such as a tree, a plant, etc.
Pick off all the dead leaves.
把枯叶全部摘掉。
用心挑选；筛选
to examine a group of things carefully, especially to choose the ones you want
Pick over the lentils and remove any little stones.
仔细挑拣豆子，把小石子拣出去。
I picked over the facts of the case.
我仔细审查本案的实情。
接电话
to answer a phone
The phone rang and rang and nobody picked up.
电话铃响了又响，但没人接。
提到某人的错误；挑毛病；算旧账
to mention sth that sb has said or done that you think is wrong
I knew he would pick me up on that slip sooner or later.
我知道他迟早会提起我那个小过失的。
（跌倒后）站起来
to stand up again after you have fallen
He just picked himself up and went on running.
他爬起来继续跑。
She didn't waste time feeling sorry for herself─she just picked herself up and carried on.
她没有浪费时间自怜，而是振作起来继续干。
noun
挑选；选择
an act of choosing sth
Take your pick (= choose) .
自己选吧。
The winner gets first pick of the prizes.
获胜者可先挑奖品。
选中的人（或物）
a person or thing that is chosen
She was his pick for best actress.
她是他选中的最佳女演员。
精品；精华；最好的东西
the best thing or things in a group
We're reviewing the pick of this month's new books.
我们正在做本月的精品新书评介。
I think we got the pick of the bunch (= the best in the group) .
我认为我们得到了其中的极品。
picks and shovels
镐与平锹
These words all mean to decide which thing or person you want out of the ones that are available.以上各词均含选择、挑选人或物之义。
to decide which thing or person you want out of the ones that are available指选择、选取人或物：
You choose─I can't decide.
你来选吧，我拿不定主意。
[often passive] to choose sb/sth, usually carefully, from a group of people or things指仔细选择、挑选：
He was selected for the team.
他已入选进队了。
a randomly selected sample of 23 schools
随机抽选的23所学校
( rather informal ) to choose sb/sth from a group of people or things指选择、挑选：
She picked the best cake for herself.
她为自己挑了一块最好的蛋糕。
Choose is the most general of these words and the only one that can be used without an object. When you select sth, you choose it carefully, unless you actually say that it is selected randomly/at random . Pick is a more informal word and often a less careful action, used especially when the choice being made is not very important. |
to choose to take or not to take a particular course of action指选择是否采取某种行动：
After graduating she opted for a career in music.
毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。
After a lot of thought, I opted against buying a motorbike.
经过反复考虑，我决定不买摩托车。
( rather informal ) to choose sth指选择某物：
I think I'll go for the fruit salad.
我想要水果色拉。
to choose sb/sth from a group for special attention指单独挑出：
She was singled out for criticism.
单单她一个人受到了批评。
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VERB 挑选；选择
If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one.Mr Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in London...
诺埃尔先生为伦敦的6个销售职位选出了10人进行面试。
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N-SING 精华；精品；精英
You can refer to the best things or people in a particular group as the pick of that group.The boys here are the pick of the under-15 cricketers in the country...
这儿的男孩是全国15岁以下板球手中的佼佼者。
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VERB 采；摘
When you pick flowers, fruit, or leaves, you break them off the plant or tree and collect them.She used to pick flowers in the Cromwell Road...
她过去常到克伦威尔路采花。
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VERB 拿取；挪移
If you pick something from a place, you remove it from there with your fingers or your hand.He picked the napkin from his lap and placed it alongside his plate...
他拿起腿上的餐巾，放在盘子旁边。
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VERB 抠（鼻）；剔（牙）
If you pick your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth.Edgar, don't pick your nose, dear...
埃德加，不要抠鼻子，宝贝儿。
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VERB 寻找…的口实；寻（衅）；找（碴儿）
If you pick a fight or quarrel with someone, you deliberately cause one.He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail...
他找碴儿跟服务生打了一架，最后进了监狱。
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VERB 撬开（锁）；扒窃…中的东西
If someone such as a thief picks a lock, they open it without a key, for example by using a piece of wire.He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer.
他熟练地撬开每一把锁，把每个抽屉里的文件都偷走了。
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N-COUNT 同 pickaxe
A pick is the same as a pickaxe . -
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PHRASE 挑挑拣拣；挑三拣四；挑剔
If you pick and choose, you carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others.As a vocational teacher I could pretty much pick and choose my work...
作为一名职业教师，我几乎可以随意挑拣自己的工作。
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PHRASE 可从…中任意挑选
If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.Here is an actress who could have her pick of any part...
这是一个角色任她挑选的女演员。
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PHRASE 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.Accountants can take their pick of company cars...
会计师可以任选配备的公车。
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PHRASE 择路而行；小心行路
If you pick your way across an area, you walk across it very carefully in order to avoid obstacles or dangerous things.The girls were afraid of snakes and picked their way along with extreme caution...
女孩们害怕蛇，于是谨小慎微地择路而行。
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PHRASE 收拾残局；努力恢复正常
When you pick up the pieces after a disaster, you do what you can to get the situation back to normal again.Do we try and prevent problems or do we try and pick up the pieces afterwards?...
我们是想要防患未然呢，还是想要事后收拾残局？
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PHRASE 加速
When a vehicle picks up speed, it begins to move more quickly.Brian pulled away slowly, but picked up speed.
布赖恩慢慢开动汽车，但很快就加速了。
noun
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- the act of choosing or selecting
- your choice of colors was unfortunate
- you can take your pick
- Synonym: choice selection option
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- a basketball maneuver;obstructing an opponent with one's body
- he was called for setting an illegal pick
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- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
- they used picks and sledges to break the rocks
- Synonym: pickax pickaxe
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- a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
- he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks
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- a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
- Synonym: plectrum plectron
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- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- Synonym: woof weft filling
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- the person or thing chosen or selected
- he was my pick for mayor
- Synonym: choice selection
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- the best people or things in a group
- the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War
- Synonym: cream
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- the quantity of a crop that is harvested
- he sent the first picking of berries to the market
- it was the biggest peach pick in years
- Synonym: picking
verb
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- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
- Clean the turkey
- Synonym: clean
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- remove in small bits
- pick meat from a bone
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- select carefully from a group
- She finally picked her successor
- He picked his way carefully
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- harass with constant criticism
- Don't always pick on your little brother
- Synonym: blame find fault
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- eat intermittently;take small bites of
- He pieced at the sandwich all morning
- She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles
- Synonym: nibble piece
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- hit lightly with a picking motion
- Synonym: peck beak
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- look for and gather
- pick mushrooms
- pick flowers
- Synonym: pluck cull
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- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- Pick open the ice
- Synonym: break up
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- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- he plucked the strings of his mandolin
- Synonym: pluck plunk
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- provoke
- pick a fight or a quarrel
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- pay for something
- pick up the tab
- pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages
- foot the bill
- Synonym: foot
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- pilfer or rob
- pick pockets
数据来源：WordNet
较正式用词，指经过认真考虑后，从很多的人或物中精选出最好的、最中意的，有时具有庄严、正式的感情色彩。
They selected a diamond engagement ring.
他们挑选了一枚钻石订婚戒指。
Why didn't you select a nice subject?
你为什么没选一个好题目?
He was selected as chairman of the committee.
他被选为委员会的主席。
指根据个人意愿和判断从众多的对象中进行挑选，侧重于被选者的优点或优良特性。
It took her a long time to choose a new skirt.
她花了很长时间挑选一条新裙子。
He chose happiness instead of wealth.
他宁要幸福而舍弃财富。
He was chosen for special training.
他已被选中进行特殊训练。
指按照一定的规章或法律，用投票等方式进行的认真而慎重的选择；也指选择做某事，通常后接动词不定式。
Americans elect a president every four years.
美国人每四年选一次总统。
Like men, woman have the right to elect and to be elected.
妇女享有同男子平等的选举权和被选举权。
You can elect to delete the file or save it.
你可以选择删除或保存该文件。
多指从个人角度仔细挑选，可以是随意或慎重地进行选择，常用于口语。
I don't know which of the three coats to pick.
我真不知道这三件上衣中该选哪一件。
We must pick the best seeds.
我们必须挑选最好的种子。
I wasn't picked for the curling team.
我没有被选进冰壶队。
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