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pick up 1. (用镐等)掘,凿 2. 拿起;捡起;提起;(跌倒或失败后)使(自己)爬起 pick up one's hat and go 抓起帽子就走 pick sb. up under the shoulders 双手插入胳肢窝把某人提扶起来 The bird picked up a worm. 鸟把虫叼起。 He picked himself up and walked on with weak knees. 他站起身来,双膝无力地继续向前走。 3. 重新得到,恢复(健康、效能或中断后的活动、谈话等);(重新)鼓起(勇气、希望等) pick up flesh 长肉发胖 pick up one's spirits 振作精神 We picked up (the work) where we had left off. 我们把中途放下的工作又重新做下去。 4. 恢复健康;振作起来;使恢复精力(或勇气、希望等) She is picking up wonderfully. 她在迅速恢复。 His spirits picked up. 他的精神振奋起来了。 A little food will pick you up. 吃一点东西你就会有劲的。 5. (情况等)好转,改进,提高 It'll pick up sooner or later. 情况迟早会好起来。 Business appears to be picking up. 生意似有起色。 The weather may pick up. 天气可能会好转。 Commodity prices will pick up. 商品将涨价。 6. (尤指偶然地、无意地、容易地)获得;找到;学会;买得 pick up a lot of information 得到很多信息 pick up an idea 想到一个主意 pick up a fair amount in tips 得到不少小费 pick up a cold 染感冒 pick up a bad habit 染上恶习 pick up elementary French in three months 3个月学会基础法语 pick up some groceries on the way home 在回家的路上买点食品杂货 7. 看到;听到;收看(或听)到 Did you pick that wink up? 你看到那人眨眼示意了吗? pick up Chicago on the radio 收听到芝加哥电台广播 an enemy plane picked up by the radar installation 被雷达发现的敌机 8. 找到(被追捕者的踪迹等) The dogs picked up the fox's smell. 狗嗅出了狐狸的气味。 9. (停下来)把(人或东西)带走(或取走),把…载上车(或船等);搭乘(车、船等) I'll pick you up at your house. 我(开车)上你家去接你。 He picked up his clothes at the cleaners. 他顺便去洗衣房取走了衣服。 The ship sailed for Kuwait and picked up the crude. 船驶往科威特,装上了原油。 The plane is waiting to pick him up. 飞机在等着接他。 People are waiting to pick up the bus. 人们等着搭乘公共汽车。 10. 〈美〉整理,收拾;整理房间,收拾东西;收集;收拾行李 pick up a room 整理房间 pick up tools and go home 收拾好工具回家 Time to pick up and get ready for dinner. 把东西收拾起来,准备吃饭了。 pick up news from all sources 从各方面收集消息 pick up and leave 打点行装后动身 11. (从不动到动或慢速行驶后)增加(速度);加速 The car picked up (speed) down the straight. 汽车加速沿直道驶去。 The music began to pick up. 音乐开始变得轻快。 12. 〈口〉[尤用于 pick up the bill (或 check, tab) 短语中]付(账) The government should pick up the bill for the damaged ship. 政府应该为那艘受损船承担付款的责任。 13. 〈口〉逮捕;拘捕 narrowly escape being picked up in a police raid 在一次警察搜捕中差一点被捕 14. 〈口〉与…偶然结识(常指与异性调情) He picked up a girl in the movies. 他在电影院里结识了一个姑娘。 15. 〈俚〉偷窃;抢劫;骗取,诈取 pick up sb.'s all-important bag 偷窃某人十分重要的皮包 16. 找…的岔子;责问;察觉(某人)犯错误;揭穿 I am picked up for saying that... 我被指责曾说过…的话。 17. (在体育竞赛中)负责盯住(对手) 18. 【高尔夫】拾球 19. 【板】成功地击中(将要落地的球) 20. (以相同的色调)衬托(另一物体或颜色) |