pick

noun

1. the act of choosing or selecting

e.g. your choice of colors was unfortunate
you can take your pick

Synonym: choiceselectionoption

2. a basketball maneuver
obstructing an opponent with one's body

e.g. he was called for setting an illegal pick

3. a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

e.g. they used picks and sledges to break the rocks

Synonym: pickaxpickaxe

4. a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

e.g. he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks

5. a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

Synonym: plectrumplectron

6. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

Synonym: woofweftfilling

7. the person or thing chosen or selected

e.g. he was my pick for mayor

Synonym: choiceselection

8. the best people or things in a group

e.g. the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War

Synonym: cream

9. the quantity of a crop that is harvested

e.g. he sent the first picking of berries to the market
it was the biggest peach pick in years

Synonym: picking

verb

1. remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

e.g. Clean the turkey

Synonym: clean

2. remove in small bits

e.g. pick meat from a bone

3. select carefully from a group

e.g. She finally picked her successor
He picked his way carefully

4. harass with constant criticism

e.g. Don't always pick on your little brother

Synonym: blamefind fault

5. eat intermittently
take small bites of

e.g. He pieced at the sandwich all morning
She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles

Synonym: nibblepiece

6. hit lightly with a picking motion

Synonym: peckbeak

7. look for and gather

e.g. pick mushrooms
pick flowers

Synonym: pluckcull

8. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

e.g. Pick open the ice

Synonym: break up

9. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

e.g. he plucked the strings of his mandolin

Synonym: pluckplunk

10. provoke

e.g. pick a fight or a quarrel

11. pay for something

e.g. pick up the tab
pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages
foot the bill

Synonym: foot

12. pilfer or rob

e.g. pick pockets

1. 挑选；选择
If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one.

e.g. 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。
e.g. I had deliberately picked a city with a tropical climate.
我特意选了一个热带气候的城市。

2. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. We had the pick of suits from the shop.
我们买了店里最好的套装。

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

e.g. She used to pick flowers in the Cromwell Road...
她过去常到克伦威尔路采花。
e.g. He helps his mother pick fruit.
他帮母亲摘果子。

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

e.g. 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。
e.g. He picked the telephone off the wall bracket.
他从墙上的固定托架上摘下电话。

5. 抠（鼻）；剔（牙）
If you pick your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth.

pick什么意思

e.g. Edgar, don't pick your nose, dear...
埃德加，不要抠鼻子，宝贝儿。
e.g. He had just had a meal and was picking his teeth after it.
他刚吃完饭，正在剔牙。

6. 寻找…的口实；寻（衅）；找（碴儿）
If you pick a fight or quarrel with someone, you deliberately cause one.

e.g. 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。
e.g. He was clearly in a mood to pick a quarrel with anybody.
他现在的心情明显是逮谁就想跟谁吵。

7. 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.

e.g. 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。

8. 同 pickaxe
A pick is the same as a pickaxe .

pick的翻译

9. see also: hand-pick;ice pick

10. 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.

pick在线翻译

e.g. 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。
e.g. We, the patients, cannot pick and choose our doctors.
我们患者不能对医生挑挑拣拣。

11. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. Klein could have had his pick of the world's top models.
克莱恩本可以从世界顶尖模特中想选谁就选谁。

12. 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.

e.g. Accountants can take their pick of company cars...
会计师可以任选配备的公车。
e.g. Take your pick from ten luxury hotels...
10家豪华宾馆任你选择。

13. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. I moved away from the shack and picked my way among the rubble.
我离开木屋，小心地走在瓦砾间。

14. to pick someone's brains -> see brain
to pick holes in something -> see hole
to pick someone's pocket -> see pocket

15. 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.

e.g. 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？
e.g. She died, and somehow I never picked up the pieces and started again.
她死后我竟一蹶不振，无法重新来过。

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

e.g. Brian pulled away slowly, but picked up speed.
布赖恩慢慢开动汽车，但很快就加速了。

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