pick是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to take some things and leave others -- 挑選；選擇

  • Pick a card from the pack. 從這副紙牌中挑出一張。

  • One of my sisters has been picked for the Olympic team. 我的一個姐姐入選了奧運代表隊。

  • [ + obj + to infinitive ] She was picked to play for the team. 她獲選代表該隊參賽。

  • The police asked him if he could pick (out) the killer from a series of photos. 員警問他能否從一組照片中認出兇手。

  • The fairest way to decide the winner is to pick a name out of a hat/at random (= without looking or choosing). 決定誰是優勝者最公平的辦法是任意／隨機選取一個名字。

  • They picked their way (= carefully chose a route) down the broken steps. 他們小心翼翼地沿著斷裂的台階向下走。

  • He's brilliant at picking winners (= choosing what will be successful). 他在判斷誰能獲勝這方面很有眼光。

  • The richest universities can pick and choose which students they take. 最有錢的大學可以對學生精挑細選。

• 1 to remove separate things or small pieces from something, especially with the fingers -- 從…上剔除，從…摘下

  • I picked a piece of fluff off my shiny black suit. 我從閃閃發亮的黑色套裝上拔掉一根絨毛。

  • The child continued picking (at) a sore on his leg (= trying to remove parts of it with his fingers). 那個孩子不停地抓他腿上的瘡。

  • [ + obj + adj ] The carcass had been picked clean (= all the flesh had been removed) by other animals and birds. 動物屍體上的肉已被別的動物和鳥吃得乾乾淨淨。

  • disapproving He kept picking his nose (= removing mucus from it with his finger). 他在不停地掏鼻孔。

  • They were picking strawberries for twelve hours a day. 他們每天摘12小時的草莓。

  • I picked some roses this morning. 今天早上我摘了一些玫瑰。

  • Machines pick the fruit (from/off the trees). 機器把果子（從樹上）摘下來。

• 2 When you pick a string on a guitar or similar instrument, you pull it quickly and release it suddenly with your fingers to produce a note. -- 彈撥，彈奏（吉他等弦樂器）

• 3 choice -- 挑選；選擇

  • You can have first pick of the desserts. 你可以第一個挑選甜品。

  • The plane was fairly empty so we had our pick of seats. 飛機上很空，所以我們可以自由選擇座位。

  • The shirts come in five different colours - just take your pick. 這種襯衫有五種不同的顏色——你隨便挑吧。

• 4 a pickaxe -- 鎬；鶴嘴鋤（同 pickaxe）

  • picks and shovels 鋤和鏟

  • a toothpick 牙籤

• 5 a small, thin piece of plastic, metal, etc. that isheld between the fingers and thumb and usedfor playing instruments such as the guitar -- （彈絃樂器用的）彈撥，撥子