pick /pɪk/ CET4 TEM4 ( picking, picked, picks )

• 1. 

  V-T If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one. 挑选

  例：

  Mr. Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in Dallas.

  诺埃尔先生为在达拉斯的六个销售职位挑选了十人进行面试。

• 2. 

  N-SING You can refer to the best things or people in a particular group as the pick of that group. 精华; 精英

  例：

  The boys here are the pick of the high school's football players.

  这儿的男孩都是该中学足球队的精英。

• 3. 

  V-T When you pick flowers, fruit, or leaves, you break them off the plant or tree and collect them. 采摘

  例：

  She used to pick flowers in the Adirondacks.

  她以前常去阿迪朗达克山采花。

• 4. 

  V-T If you pick something from a place, you remove it from there with your fingers or your hand. 拿走

  例：

  He picked the napkin from his lap and placed it alongside his plate.

  他从腿上拿起餐巾，放在他的盘子旁边。

• 5. 

  V-T If you pick your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth. 抠 (鼻子); 剔 (牙)

  例：

  Edgar, don't pick your nose, dear.

  埃德加，不要抠鼻子，亲爱的。

• 6. 

  V-T If you pick a fight with someone, you deliberately cause one. 挑衅

  例：

  He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail.

  他找茬儿和服务员打架，结果锒铛入狱。

• 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 (锁)

  例：

  He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer.

  他熟练地撬开每一把锁，偷走了每个抽屉里的文件。

• 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 (用鹤嘴锄)凿; 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. 任意挑选

  例：

  Accountants can take their pick of company cars.

  会计们可以任意挑选公司的汽车。

• 13. 

  to pick holes in something →see hole

• 14. 

  to pick someone's pocket →see pocket