0 to take some things and leave others -- 挑选；选择
One of my sisters has been picked for the Olympic team. 我的一个姐姐入选了奥运代表队。
[ + obj + to infinitive ] She was picked to play for the team. 她被选中代表该队参赛。
The police asked him if he could pick (out) the killer from a series of photos. 警察问他能否从一组照片中认出凶手。
The fairest way to decide the winner is to pick a name out of a hat/at random (= without looking or choosing). 决出优胜者最公平的办法是任意／随机选取一个名字。
They picked their way (= carefully chose a route) down the broken steps. 他们小心翼翼地走下断裂的台阶。
He's brilliant at picking winners (= choosing what will be successful). 他在判断谁能获胜方面很有眼力。
The richest universities can pick and choose which students they take. 最有钱的大学可以对生源精挑细选。
1 to remove separate things or small pieces from something, especially with the fingers -- 从…上剔除，从…摘下
I picked a piece of fluff off my shiny black suit. 我从闪闪发亮的黑色套装上拽掉一根绒毛。
The child continued picking (at) a sore on his leg (= trying to remove parts of it with his fingers). 那个孩子不停地抓挠他腿上的疮。
[ + obj + adj ] The carcass had been picked clean (= all the flesh had been removed) by other animals and birds. 动物尸体上的肉已被别的动物和鸟吃得干干净净。
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. 他们每天摘12小时的草莓。
Machines pick the fruit (from/off the trees). 机器把果子（从树上）摘下来。
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. -- 弹拨，弹奏（吉他等弦乐器）
3 choice -- 挑选；选择
4 a pickaxe -- 镐；鹤嘴锄（同 pickaxe）
5 a small, thin piece of plastic, metal, etc. that isheld between the fingers and thumb and usedfor playing instruments such as the guitar -- （弹弦乐器用的）拨子，琴拨
I asked him which pastry he wanted and he picked an almond croissant.
Of all the gorgeous clothes in the shop she picked a really plain grey sweater.
Do you want to help me pick some numbers for my lottery ticket.
You ought to pick those lettuces before they shrivel and die.
He thought we'd been picking his apples and came after us with a stick.
