pick

pick apart

To refute or find flaws in by close examination

挑剔，找毛病：反駁或通過仔細的檢查找出錯誤

The lawyer picked the testimony apart.

律師挑證詞的毛病

pick at

To pluck or pull at, especially with the fingers.

彈，拉：刺穿或拉出，尤指用手指

To eat sparingly or without appetite

食不下咽：吃得很少或沒胃口

The child just picked at her food.

這孩子只吃她了一點食物

&I{Informal} To nag

【非正式用語】 嘮叨

Don't pick at me day and night.

別整天對我嘮叨挑三揀四

pick off

To shoot after singling out

逐一射擊：經過逐個瞄準后發射

The hunter picked the ducks off one by one.

獵人把鴨子一個個擊中

&I{Baseball} To catch (a base runner) off base and put out with a quick throw, as from the pitcher or catcher, often to a specified base.

&I{【棒球】} 封殺出局：把不在壘上的（跑壘員）抓住，然后快速扔出球拋到一個特定的壘上，通常指投手或接手的突然傳殺

&I{Sports} To intercept, as a football pass.

&I{【體育運動】} 中途截球：攔截，如攔截足球傳球等

pick on

To tease or bully.

嘲笑，欺侮

pick out

To choose or select

挑選，選出

picked out the best piece of silk.

挑出最好的一匹絲綢

To discern from the surroundings; distinguish

分辨：從環境中辯認出；分辨出

picked out their cousins from the crowd.

從人群中認出他們的堂兄弟

pick over

To sort out or examine item by item

一件一件地整理或檢查

a shopper who picked over the grapes before purchasing them.

一個買葡萄時精挑細選的顧客

pick up

To take up (something) by hand

整理，收拾

pick up a book.

撿起一本書

picked up the broken pieces of glass.

拾起玻璃碎片

Let's pick up the living room.

我們收拾一下臥室吧

To take on (passengers or freight, for example)

承載（客人，貨物等）

The bus picks up commuters at three stops.

公共汽車在三個站載送通勤者

&I{Informal}

獲得，贏得

picked up a mink coat on sale.

拍賣時隨手買了一件貂皮大衣

picked up French very quickly.

很快地學起法語來

picked up her shoes at the repair shop.

在修鞋鋪領回鞋子

picked up some beverages on the way home.

在回家的路上買些飲料

Let me pick up the tab.

我來付計程車的錢

picked up a virus in the office.

在辦公室染上病毒

picked up five yards on that play.

在那次游戲中獲得五碼

&I{Informal} To take into custody

【非正式用語】 監護，逮捕，拘捕

The coast guard picked up five smugglers.

海岸檢查官拘捕了五個走私犯

&I{Slang} To make casual acquaintance with, usually in anticipation of sexual relations.

&I{【俚語】} 勾搭：與…偶然結識，常指期望在性關系中結識

To come upon and follow

發現：偶然遇到并觀測

The dog picked up the scent.

狗追著氣味走

We picked up two submarines on sonar.

我們用聲波定位儀觀察到兩條潛水艇

To continue after a break

恢復：休息后繼續

Let's pick up the discussion after lunch.

我們吃過午飯再繼續討論吧

&I{Informal} To improve in condition or activity

【非正式用語】 有起色，改善：在條件或活動上提高

Sales picked up last fall.

去年的銷售有起色

&I{Slang} To pack one's belongings

&I{【俚語】} 收拾行李：收拾某人的東西

She just picked up and left.

她收拾了一下行李就走了

pick someone's brains (或 brain)

(informal)obtain information by questioning someone who is better informed about a subject than oneself

(非正式)套問別人的信息；向某人請教

pick something clean

completely remove the flesh from a bone or carcass

剔盡（或撕盡）…上的肉

pick one's feet up

raise one's feet clear of the ground when walking

（走路時）抬腳離地

pick a fight (或 quarrel)

talk or behave in such a way as to provoke an argument or fight

惹起爭斗（或爭吵）

pick a lock

open a lock with an instrument other than the proper key

撬鎖

pick someone's pockets

steal something surreptitiously from another person's pocket

扒竊

pick someone/thing to pieces (或 apart)

criticize someone or something severely and in detail

把…駁得體無完膚； 對…吹毛求疵；嚴厲批評