picking
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one. 挑選
Mr. Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in Dallas. 諾埃爾先生為在達(dá)拉斯的六個(gè)銷(xiāo)售職位挑選了十人進(jìn)行面試。
2. N-SING You can refer to the best things or people in a particular group as the pick of that group. 精華; 精英
The boys here are the pick of the high school's football players. 這兒的男孩都是該中學(xué)足球隊(duì)的精英。
3. V-T When you pick flowers, fruit, or leaves, you break them off the plant or tree and collect them. 采摘
She used to pick flowers in the Adirondacks. 她以前常去阿迪朗達(dá)克山采花。
4. V-T If you pick something from a place, you remove it from there with your fingers or your hand. 拿走
He picked the napkin from his lap and placed it alongside his plate. 他從腿上拿起餐巾，放在他的盤(pán)子旁邊。
5. V-T If you pick your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth. 摳 (鼻子); 剔 (牙)
Edgar, don't pick your nose, dear. 埃德加，不要摳鼻子，親愛(ài)的。
6. V-T If you pick a fight with someone, you deliberately cause one. 挑釁
He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail. 他找茬兒和服務(wù)員打架，結(jié)果鋃鐺入獄。
7. V-T If someone such as a thief picks a lock, they open it without a key, for example, by using a piece of wire. 撬 (鎖)
He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer. 他熟練地撬開(kāi)每一把鎖，偷走了每個(gè)抽屜里的文件。
8. N-COUNT A pick is the same as a . 同 pickax
9. V to pierce, dig, or break up (a hard surface) with a pick (用鶴嘴鋤)鑿; 掘; 挖
10. V to cast (a shuttle) 投(梭)
11. N one casting of a shuttle 投梭
12. PHRASE If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things. 任意挑選
Accountants can take their pick of company cars. 會(huì)計(jì)們可以任意挑選公司的汽車(chē)。
13. to pick holes in something→see hole
14. to pick someone's pocket→see pocket
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