pick

pick apart

To refute or find flaws in by close examination

挑剔，找毛病：反驳或通过仔细的检查找出错误

The lawyer picked the testimony apart.

律师挑证词的毛病

pick at

To pluck or pull at, especially with the fingers.

弹，拉：刺穿或拉出，尤指用手指

To eat sparingly or without appetite

食不下咽：吃得很少或没胃口

The child just picked at her food.

这孩子只吃她了一点食物

&I{Informal} To nag

【非正式用语】 唠叨

Don't pick at me day and night.

别整天对我唠叨挑三拣四

pick off

To shoot after singling out

逐一射击：经过逐个瞄准后发射

The hunter picked the ducks off one by one.

猎人把鸭子一个个击中

&I{Baseball} To catch (a base runner) off base and put out with a quick throw, as from the pitcher or catcher, often to a specified base.

&I{【棒球】} 封杀出局：把不在垒上的（跑垒员）抓住，然后快速扔出球抛到一个特定的垒上，通常指投手或接手的突然传杀

&I{Sports} To intercept, as a football pass.

&I{【体育运动】} 中途截球：拦截，如拦截足球传球等

pick on

To tease or bully.

嘲笑，欺侮

pick out

To choose or select

挑选，选出

picked out the best piece of silk.

挑出最好的一匹丝绸

To discern from the surroundings; distinguish

分辨：从环境中辩认出；分辨出

picked out their cousins from the crowd.

从人群中认出他们的堂兄弟

pick over

To sort out or examine item by item

一件一件地整理或检查

a shopper who picked over the grapes before purchasing them.

一个买葡萄时精挑细选的顾客

pick up

To take up (something) by hand

整理，收拾

pick up a book.

捡起一本书

picked up the broken pieces of glass.

拾起玻璃碎片

Let's pick up the living room.

我们收拾一下卧室吧

To take on (passengers or freight, for example)

承载（客人，货物等）

The bus picks up commuters at three stops.

公共汽车在三个站载送通勤者

&I{Informal}

获得，赢得

picked up a mink coat on sale.

拍卖时随手买了一件貂皮大衣

picked up French very quickly.

很快地学起法语来

picked up her shoes at the repair shop.

在修鞋铺领回鞋子

picked up some beverages on the way home.

在回家的路上买些饮料

Let me pick up the tab.

我来付计程车的钱

picked up a virus in the office.

在办公室染上病毒

picked up five yards on that play.

在那次游戏中获得五码

&I{Informal} To take into custody

【非正式用语】 监护，逮捕，拘捕

The coast guard picked up five smugglers.

海岸检查官拘捕了五个走私犯

&I{Slang} To make casual acquaintance with, usually in anticipation of sexual relations.

&I{【俚语】} 勾搭：与…偶然结识，常指期望在性关系中结识

To come upon and follow

发现：偶然遇到并观测

The dog picked up the scent.

狗追着气味走

We picked up two submarines on sonar.

我们用声波定位仪观察到两条潜水艇

To continue after a break

恢复：休息后继续

Let's pick up the discussion after lunch.

我们吃过午饭再继续讨论吧

&I{Informal} To improve in condition or activity

【非正式用语】 有起色，改善：在条件或活动上提高

Sales picked up last fall.

去年的销售有起色

&I{Slang} To pack one's belongings

&I{【俚语】} 收拾行李：收拾某人的东西

She just picked up and left.

她收拾了一下行李就走了

pick someone's brains (或 brain)

(informal)obtain information by questioning someone who is better informed about a subject than oneself

(非正式)套问别人的信息；向某人请教

pick something clean

completely remove the flesh from a bone or carcass

剔尽（或撕尽）…上的肉

pick one's feet up

raise one's feet clear of the ground when walking

（走路时）抬脚离地

pick a fight (或 quarrel)

talk or behave in such a way as to provoke an argument or fight

惹起争斗（或争吵）

pick a lock

open a lock with an instrument other than the proper key

撬锁

pick someone's pockets

steal something surreptitiously from another person's pocket

扒窃

pick someone/thing to pieces (或 apart)

criticize someone or something severely and in detail

把…驳得体无完肤； 对…吹毛求疵；严厉批评