单词 | pick somebody/something ↔ out |
释义 | pick somebody/something ↔ outpick somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v a) choose 挑选CHOOSE to choose someone or something from a group 挑选〔人或物〕 She picked out a navy blue dress. 她挑中一条海军蓝的连衣裙。 His story was picked out as the best by the judges. 他的小说被评委们评为第一名。 b) recognize 认出RECOGNIZE to recognize someone or something in a group of people or things 分辨出,辨认出 She was able to pick out her father at the other side of the room. 她发现父亲就在房间另一头。 I picked out Valerie’s voice from among the general conversation. 我从众人的说话声中听出了瓦莱丽的声音。 c) see 看见 if you can pick something out, you can see it but not very clearly 模糊地看出 I could just pick out some letters carved into the stone. 我只能依稀辨认出石头上刻的一些字母。 d) shown clearly 清晰地显示 if something is picked out, it is in a different colour or material from the background, so that it can be clearly seen 〔用某种颜色或材料〕使醒目 His name was picked out in gold lettering. 他的名字用了金色字母,很是醒目。 n Grammar Pick out is usually passive in this meaning. e) play a tune 奏出曲调APM to play a tune on a musical instrument slowly or with difficulty 〔缓慢或困难地〕弹[拉]奏 He sat at the piano and picked out a simple tune. 他坐在钢琴前,慢慢弹出一支简单的曲子。 Examples from the Corpus pick out• I could also pick his feet out and deal with the foot-rot which was starting to set in.• Helen picked it out and dropped it on the floor; beneath was a tangle of string.• Lead me into a room and I could pick them out for you.• When you picked one out it left a can-shaped cav - ity.• I bet you he can pick him out of a crowd of people.• They had grown up and gone to work picking stump out of every other burned off field in this Florida county.• It must be marvelous to just belong to some legislative body and just pick money out of the air.• She unerringly picks us out of the crowd in the cavernous old building. → pick somebody/something ↔ out at pick1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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