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pick (obj) REMOVEpIkvto remove or move (something) with your fingers or hands采摘，取When the fruit has been picked (= removed from the trees) it's packed in boxes. [T]果实被摘后装箱。He picked the knife from/out of the drawer. [T]他从抽屉里取出小刀。She put down her bag and picked the letters off the hall table. [T]她放下包，从大厅的桌子上拿起信。"Here's a nice ripe one, " he said, picking an apple off the tree. [T]“这是一个熟透的，”他说着从树上摘下一颗苹果。The beetles need to be picked off the leaves by hand as soon as they emerge. [T]甲虫在叶子上一出现就应该用手摘除。I picked a piece of fluff off my shiny black suit. [T]我从闪光的黑色的衣服上拉掉一根绒毛。He picked up (= lifted) his case and moved it away from the door. [M]他拎起箱子把它从门口移开。I went to pick up the phone, but it had stopped ringing. [M]我去接电话，但它不再响了。If you need me you just have to pick up the phone (= make a telephone call). [M]如果你有事找我，就打电话。(fig.) She tripped and fell, picked herself up (= stood up slowly) and looked round to see who was watching. [M]她一失足摔倒，慢慢地站起身，向四周看看是否有人在看她。A group of us went out to pick up (= lift and remove) the litter left on the grass after the party. [M]我们中的几个人出去拣聚会后留在草地上的垃圾。(fig.) Many farmers are just picking themselves up off the floor (= Their lives are beginning to improve) after the financial blows dealt them by low prices and high interest rates. [T]许多农民们遭受低价格高利率的经济打击后，刚刚开始好转。The child continued picking (at) a sore on his leg (= trying to remove parts of it with his fingers). [T; I+ at]那小孩不停地抓他腿上的疮。The carcass had been picked clean (= all the flesh had been removed) by other animals and birds. [T + obj + adj]动物的尸体被其他动物和鸟吃干净了。(disapproving) He kept picking (= removing MUCUS from) his nose as he was talking to me. [T]他和我说话的时候不断地挖鼻子。When you pick a string on a guitar or similar instrument you pull it quickly and release it suddenly with your fingers to produce a note. [T]拨琴弦If you pick someone's brains about a subject, you ask someone who knows a lot about it for information or their opinion.向…讨教I've decided to pick Phil's brains about this computer I'm thinking of buying.我决定就我在考虑买的这台电脑向菲尔讨教。The President is picking the brains of big business executives on this problem.总统在向大企业经营人就这个问题询问意见。(disapproving) If you pick holes in something you try to find things wrong with it.找毛病They didn't take the proposal seriously and just spent half an hour picking holes in it.他们不严肃地看待建议，只是花了半个小时挑它的毛病。If you pick out a tune, you play it slowly or with difficulty, note by note.一个一个音地弹奏I can't do more than pick out a simple tune on the piano. [M]我只能在钢琴上一个一个音地弹奏简单的曲子。If someone picks your pocket they steal small objects, esp. money, from your pockets or bag often without you noticing.扒腰包Last week I had my pocket picked by the man sitting next to me in the local caf?上星期我在本地的一家咖啡馆里被坐在旁边的一个人偷了钱包。[PICKPOCKET](infml) To pick up the bill/tab is to pay for what has been bought.买单When a man and a woman are dining together, our waiters are cautioned not to assume that the man is picking up the tab or ordering the wine.当一位男士和一位女士一起吃饭的时候，侍者们被告诫不要以为男士买单或点酒。(fig.) The consumer will be forced to pick up the bill for this ridiculous scheme.消费者将被迫为这个荒谬的计划付钱。To pick up the pieces is to try to return to a satisfactory situation.恢复The fire was a blow, but we were determined to pick up the pieces and get the business back on its feet.火灾是个打击，但我们决心重整旗鼓，恢复经营。The organization helps separated or divorced people work through these emotions, pick up the pieces of their lives and move on.该组织帮助分居或离婚的人们克服低落情绪，恢复正常生活，继续向前。To pick up the threads is to start again after an interruption.继续Picking up the threads of our discussion, let's return to the topic of factory farming.继续我们的讨论，让我们回到工厂化农场的话题上。(fig.) He's stopped seeing Michele, and he's hoping that he and Joan will be able to pick up the threads of their marriage again.他已停止和米歇尔幽会，并希望他和琼的婚姻能够继续下去。A pick-me-up is something which makes you feel better, often a drink or a TONIC (= a type of medicine).提神的物品，兴奋剂In this part of the country, it is traditional to drink brandy with coffee as a morning pick-me-up.在国内这个地区，把白兰地和咖啡混在一起当早晨提神的饮料喝是个传统。Pick your own (abbreviation PYO) is the activity of picking esp. fruit yourself at a farm and then paying for the amount you have picked.自摘pick-your-own strawberries自摘草莓I got some raspberries at that pick-your-own place just outside town.我在镇子外那个卖自摘水果的地方买了些覆盆子。
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