v (1)挑(精)選 (choose or select carefully from a group) [T+n]：～a dress/good book/site/player 挑選一件衣服/一本好書(shū)/一個(gè)地點(diǎn)/一名運(yùn)動(dòng)員;P～the one you like best. 挑選你最喜歡的一個(gè)?！玱ne's words/one's way 挑選字眼/好走的路;We picked the coolest room among those available. 我們?cè)谀切┛辗块g中挑了一間最涼快的。I hope I have been～ed to play in the team tomorrow. 我希望被選中作為隊(duì)員參加明天的比賽。〖同〗select，choose; 〖反〗reject;
?(2)摘(花， 蔬菜等)， 采收 (remove and take (flowers， vegetables， etc) with the fingers) [T+n]：～flowers/fruit/cotton 摘花/水果/棉花;〖同〗pluck，gather，harvest，collect;
?(3) 1)摳出(小塊的東西) (remove small pieces of matter from sth， esp with a finger or a pointed instrument in order to clean it) [T+n， C+n+adj]：～one's teeth/nose 剔牙/挖鼻孔;～the meat from a bone 從骨頭上剔肉;The dog～ed the bone clean. 狗把那塊骨頭啃得干干凈凈。2)挑出， 撿出(起) (remove sth from a place with fingers， hands or a sharp instrument) [T+n+prep(from/off)]： He stood in front of the mirror～ing hairs from his jacket. 他站在鏡子前， 把衣服上的頭發(fā)揀干凈。He dropped his book and bent down to～it off the floor. 他的書(shū)掉在地上， 他彎腰把它撿起來(lái)。3)撥開(kāi)(鎖) (unlock a lock with a tool other than a key) [T+n]：When she found that she had lost her key， she～ed the lock with a hair-pin. 她發(fā)現(xiàn)鑰匙丟了， 就用發(fā)卡把鎖捅開(kāi)。
?(4)扯出(窟窿)， 挖(掘， 鑿)成(洞) (make (a hole) with or as with a sharp instrument) [T+n， T+n+prep(in)]：～a hole in the new jacket 新衣服上掛了個(gè)窟隆;(bird)～a hole in the ice with its beak (鳥(niǎo))在冰上啄了個(gè)洞;
?(5) 1)(鳥(niǎo)等)用嘴啄(叼)起 ((of birds) take up small bits of food with the bill) [T+n]： The birds are～ing corn. 鳥(niǎo)正在啄玉米。2) 吃得很少， 啄食(take and eat small amounts of (food)) [I+prep(at)]：～at one's food 僅吃上一兩口東西;She～ed at the fish， then pushed the plate away. 她只吃了一點(diǎn)魚(yú)就把盤子推開(kāi)了。He wasn't very hungry and only～ed at his lunch. 他不太餓， 午餐只吃了一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。The bird was～ing at the bread. 鳥(niǎo)在啄食面包。
?(6)彈(弦樂(lè)器) (sound the strings of a musical instrument by pulling and releasing them) [T+n]：～(the strings of) a guitar/banjo 彈吉他/班卓琴;〖同〗pluck;
?pick and choose 挑挑揀揀， 挑剔： You must accept the job — you can't～and choose. 你必須接受那件工作， 不要挑三揀四。
?pick sb's brains 向某人打聽(tīng)(詢問(wèn))： You might be able to help me with this problem — can I come and～your brains for a minute? 在這個(gè)問(wèn)題上你也許能幫助我， 我能去聽(tīng)一聽(tīng)你的意見(jiàn)嗎?
?pick a fight/quarrel (with sb) 找碴兒打(吵)架： He～ed a fight/quarrel with his older brother. 他找碴兒與他哥哥打/吵架。
?pick holes in sth 挑毛病， 找破綻： She is always～ing holes in what the other girls do. 其他女孩子做事她總是要挑毛病。
?pick sb's pocket 扒竊： The thief～ed the man's pocket. 小偷扒竊了那人口袋里的錢。
?pick up the pieces/threads (尤指遭到失敗或挫折后)重新振作起來(lái)： After the disaster， he tried to～up the pieces. 災(zāi)難過(guò)去后， 他努力振作起來(lái)。
?pick up speed 加速： My old car only～s up speed going down a hill. 我那輛老爺車只有在下坡時(shí)才能快起來(lái)。
?pick a winner 1) (賽馬時(shí)為下賭注)挑選一匹會(huì)得勝的馬： He～ed the winner of the race. 他選中了馬賽中得勝的馬。2)選得正確 (ironic)： I really～ed a winner with this car — it's always breaking down. 這輛車我真選對(duì)了， 它總是拋錨。
?pick off (v adv) 瞄準(zhǔn)射中 (vt)： They～ed off the officers first， so as to throw the attack into confusion. 他們先把軍官射倒， 以便打亂敵人的進(jìn)攻。
?pick on (v prep) 1)老是找碴兒(進(jìn)行懲罰、批評(píng)或責(zé)罵)(vt)： Why～on me? Go～on someone your own size! 為什么老和我過(guò)不去?怎么不去找與你一樣塊頭的人的碴兒!2)選中某人做令人不愉快的事： Why am I always～ed on for the worst jobs? 為什么總是選中我去做最糟的工作?
?pick out (v adv) 1)挑選出來(lái)(vt)：～sb out from thousands of applicants for the job 從數(shù)以千計(jì)的申請(qǐng)人中挑選出某人來(lái)做這件工作;P～out the dress that you like best. 選出你最喜歡的衣服。2)辨認(rèn)出， 看清楚(vt)：～out a thief from a group of men從幾個(gè)人中辨認(rèn)出小偷;3)不看樂(lè)譜試著演奏(樂(lè)曲)(vt)： He can't read music， but he can～out on the piano a tune that he's heard. 他不識(shí)樂(lè)譜， 但他能在鋼琴上彈奏他聽(tīng)過(guò)的曲子。4) (通過(guò)認(rèn)真研究)領(lǐng)會(huì)(vt)：～out the meaning of this poem word by word 逐字逐句地領(lǐng)會(huì)這首詩(shī)的意思;
?pick over (v adv) 仔細(xì)揀選(水果， 蔬菜等)(vt)：～the apples over and throw out the bad ones 把蘋果挑選一遍， 把壞的扔掉;
?pick up (v adv) 1)拾(撿，拿)起(vt)： ～up a button/the telephone/sb's bag (by mistake)/sticks for firewood 撿起一顆鈕扣/拿起電話/(錯(cuò))拿了某人的包/撿柴禾;2)好轉(zhuǎn)， 改進(jìn)(善)(vi)： (weather/economy/trade)～up (天氣/經(jīng)濟(jì)/生意)好轉(zhuǎn);She is～ing up wonderfully since she came out of hospital. 自從出院以來(lái)， 她的健康情況大有好轉(zhuǎn)。3)繼續(xù)， 重新開(kāi)始(vt & vi)：～up the conversation after an interruption 在被打斷后， 將談話繼續(xù)下去;Let's～up where we left off before our coffee break. 讓我們從喝咖啡休息前停下來(lái)的地方重新開(kāi)始。4) 站起來(lái)(尤指摔倒后)(vt)： When the girl fell off her bicycle， she～ed herself up， got back on and rode away. 那女孩子從自行車上摔了下來(lái)， 她爬起來(lái)又騎上車走了。5)用車接(vt)：～sb up at his place at 8 o'clock 8點(diǎn)鐘開(kāi)車到某人那兒去接他; 6)(不經(jīng)朋友介紹)隨便結(jié)識(shí)朋友(vt) (infml) (derog)： Some men go to dances just to see if they can～up a girl for the night. 有些男人去跳舞不過(guò)是為了看看是否能找個(gè)女孩子過(guò)夜。7)救起(vt)： (lifeboat)～up all the survivors (救生艇)救起全部的幸存者;8)抓住(vt)： The escaped prisoners were～ed up by the police only a short distance from the prison. 逃犯就在離監(jiān)獄不遠(yuǎn)的地方被警察抓住了。9)斥責(zé)(vt)：～sb up for using bad language 因某人說(shuō)臟話而斥責(zé)之;10)(通過(guò)儀器)聽(tīng)(看)到或發(fā)現(xiàn)(vt)：～up the yacht on the radar screen/a signal from the crashed plane/stations from halfway round the world 在雷達(dá)屏幕上發(fā)現(xiàn)那艘游艇/收到來(lái)自墜毀飛機(jī)的信號(hào)/收聽(tīng)到另一個(gè)半球的無(wú)線電臺(tái); 11) (通過(guò)實(shí)踐或非正規(guī)地)學(xué)習(xí)(外語(yǔ)或技術(shù)等)(vt)： I never studied Italian—I just～ed it up when I was in Italy. 我從未正式學(xué)過(guò)意大利語(yǔ)， 我不過(guò)是過(guò)去在意大利時(shí)學(xué)會(huì)的?！玼p bad habits/a lot of information about that area 染上壞習(xí)慣/獲得了有關(guān)那一地區(qū)的大量信息;12)染上(疾病)(vt)：～up a cold/the flu 傳染上感冒/流行性感冒;13)(很便宜地)買到(vt)：～up a good used car at a very reasonable price 以非常合適的價(jià)格買到一輛很好的二手車;14)聽(tīng)到(閑話， 消息等)(vt)：～up an interesting piece of news/something about their future plans 聽(tīng)到一條很有趣的消息/有關(guān)他們以后計(jì)劃的消息; 15)取(買)回(vt)：～up the coat from the cleaners/something for dinner on one's way home/the tickets half an hour before the play begins 從洗衣店取回那件衣服/在回家的路上買點(diǎn)晚餐食品/在演出開(kāi)始前半個(gè)小時(shí)把票買來(lái); 16)獲(取)得(vt)： (trolley-bus)～up the power from an overhead wire (無(wú)軌電車)從空中架設(shè)的電線獲得動(dòng)力; 17)重新找到(vt)： We lost the animal's track for some time， but～ed it up further ahead. 我們有一段時(shí)間失去了那動(dòng)物的蹤跡， 但向前走了一段路以后又重新找到了。
?pick up with (v adv prep) 隨隨便便結(jié)識(shí) (常derog)： He is liable to bring home any odd character that he～s up with in a pub. 他很可能會(huì)把在酒館里結(jié)識(shí)的任何古怪的人帶到家里來(lái)。
?→′picker n 采摘(集)者;′pickings n 不義之財(cái)， 贓物;′pick-me-up n 興奮飲料(劑);′pickpocket n 小偷， 扒手;v扒竊;′pick-up n 偶爾認(rèn)識(shí)的人(尤指異性);(唱機(jī)的)拾音臂;小型輕便貨車;′picky adj 挑剔的;
?n(1)挑選， 選擇(權(quán)) ((right of) selecting， choosing) [U]： Take your～of these books. 你在這些書(shū)中任選一本吧。He gave me my～of the litter. 他讓我在這一窩小動(dòng)物中挑選一只。(winner) have first～of the prizes (贏者)有首先選擇獎(jiǎng)品的權(quán)利;
?(2)最優(yōu)部分，精華 (choicest or most desirable one) [U， the～][N(of)]： the～of the bunch 一批中的最優(yōu)者;He was the～of his class. 他是班里的佼佼者?！纪絚hoice，prize，preference;
?【辨異】pick與choose、elect、select和prefer的區(qū)別見(jiàn)CHOOSE。