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pick I /pik/ vt. 1.凿，掘，挖： He is picking a hole in the wall.他正在墙上凿个洞。 2.采，摘：pick cotton (fruit)摘棉花(水果); pick tea (flowers) 采茶(花) He picked her a rose.他为她采了一枝玫瑰。 3.挑选：pick one’s way择路而行Please pick a good book for me.请为我挑选一本好书。 4.构成短语动词 pick at 吃一点点：Charles picked at his food in a bored fashion.查尔斯很烦躁地吃了一点点。pick on （老是不公正地）欺负或惩罚某人：He gets picked on by the other boys because he’s so small.因为他个头小，经常遭遇别的孩子的欺负。pick out 选出，选拔；领会；区别：We’ll pick out the best table tennis players.我们将选拔出最好的乒乓球运动员。I can’t pick out the meaning of the poem.我不能领会这首诗的含义。pick sb’s brains 咨询某人：I was picking Simon’s brains about which computer to buy.我正咨询西蒙购买哪一台计算机呢。pick/pull …to pieces（见piece条） pick up 1.拾起，拣起；(偶然地，无意地)获得(收益、生计、知识、消息等)；学会(语言)；沾染（习惯）：pick up one’s cap(a stone, the telephone)拣起帽子(一块石头，拿起电话) ；picked up some information偶然获得一些信息；pick up a foreign language (未经听课等)学会一种外语。［考句］Without proper lessons, you could pick up a lot of bad habits when playing the piano. 没有合适的课堂训练，你弹钢琴时会沾上许多不好的习惯。2. 取(某物)，接(某人)上车: The train stopped to pick up passengers.火车停下来搭乘客。I’ll drive over and pick you up at the weekend.我周末开车过去把你接来。 3.恢复(健康)，振作起(精神)：You’ll soon pick up health when you get to the seaside.你到了海滨，就会很快地恢复健康。 4.加快(速度)：The train picked up speed.火车加快速度。5.收拾，整理：He is picking up his room.他正在整理房间。

pick II /pik/ n.［c］镐，鹤嘴锄：He breaks up strong ground with a pick.他用镐刨开坚硬的地面。