单词整理pick

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pick and choose(v.+v.)

挑三拣四,仔细挑选 select with great care; be very particular in choosing; choose

carefully

▲pick and choose

He was never one to pick and choose.他从来不挑三拣四。

I spent days picking and choosing before deciding on the wallpaper and curtains.我挑选壁纸和窗帘用了好几天的时间。

▲pick and choose to-v

Some people pick and choose to get something perfect.有些人挑三拣四是想弄到一些完美无缺的东西。

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 pick and steal(v.+v.)

扒窃 steal sth from sb's pocket

▲pick and steal

Jacelin often picked and stole when he was at school.杰斯林上学时经常扒窃。

▲pick and steal sth

◇ 用于be ～ed结构

The purse has been picked and stolen from my pocket.我的钱包被人从口袋里摸走了。

 pick apart(v.+adv.)

▲pick sth⇔apart

1.把…撕成碎片,拆散 separate (sth) into pieces

He picked apart an old quilt.他把一条旧被子撕成碎片。

She sat on the ground, picking the pictures apart.她坐在操场上,把照片撕成了碎片。

The tailor told me that she couldn't change the size of my trousers without picking the

whole thing apart.那个裁缝告诉我说不把我的裤子全都拆开的话,她无法改变它的尺寸。 2.〈非正〉对…吹毛求疵 find fault on (sth)

They picked the play apart.他们把这出戏批评得一无是处。

 pick at(v.+prep.)

1.扯,拉 tear or pull (with fingers)

▲pick at sth

The baby is picking at the bedclothes.婴儿在抓弄被褥。

The sick man picked at the blanket.病人拉扯着毯子。

2.找茬儿,批评 find fault with; criticize

▲pick at sb

Leave the child alone; you're always picking at her.不要管那孩子,你总是找她的岔。

I wish she would stop picking at the little girl so much.但愿她不再老找那个小女孩的岔儿。

Why are you always picking at the poor child?你为什么总是挑那可怜的小孩的毛病?

◇ 用于be ～ed结构

She'd been picked at so often by parents and teachers that she didn't know how to behave.家长和老师经常对她求全责备,她简直不知怎么办才好。

3.少量地吃 eat very little of a meal at a time; eat without interest or appetite

▲pick at sth

She only picked at her food.她只吃了一点点食物。

The sick boy was only picking at his food.这个有病的孩子只吃了几口饭。

I think something must be worrying Dade; he has only picked at his food for the last two

days.我看达德有心事,最近两天他吃得很少。

He never feels hungry and just picks at his food.他从不觉得饿,吃东西也没胃口。

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 pick from(v.+prep.)

1.从…摘下〔剔去〕; 从…捡起 lift or remove (sth) from (some place)

▲pick sth from sth

She picked some flowers from the garden.她从花园里摘了一些鲜花。 You mustn't pick the bananas from others' tree.你不该从别人的树上摘香蕉。

He picked a pen from the ground.他从地上捡起一支钢笔。

2.从…中挑选 choose or select (sb/sth) from (a group)

〔说明〕 pick from作此解时通常不用于进行体。

▲pick sb/sth from sb/sth

Imes picked Rose from all the beautiful girls in the school to be a model.艾姆斯从全校那些美丽的女孩子中选中露丝做模特儿。

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 pick in1(v.+adv.)

▲pick sth⇔in

1.画上(阴影) draw a shadow

The artist is picking in shadows in the picture.这位画家正在画面上画阴影。

2.承揽,接收 contract or receive (sth such as extra-clothes)

That woman worker picked in some other extra-clothes.这个女工又承接了一些洗换的衣服。

 pick in2(v.+prep.)

在…上扎开〔抠开〕洞 make a hole in sth by pulling at it or by using one's fingernails or

a sharp instrument

▲pick sth in sth

The child has picked a hole in his new jumper.孩子在新毛衣上勾了一个洞。

Don't just sit there picking holes in your meat with your fork, get on with your dinner!别坐在那儿只是往肉上扎洞,好好吃饭!

The bird picked a hole in the ice with its beak.那只鸟在冰上啄出了一个洞。

 pick off(v.+adv.)

1.摘去 take or pluck off

▲pick sth⇔off

Don't pick off any of these flowers.这些花一朵也不要采摘。

The insecticide might harm the flowers.Let's pick off the insects by hand.杀虫剂可能会伤害花朵。我们用手把虫捉下来吧。

2.逐个毁掉; 瞄准射死 destroy one at a time; shoot (sb) with deliberate aim

▲pick sb⇔off

A sniper behind the bushes picked off three of our men.藏在树丛后面的一个狙击手射死了我方三个人。

We picked off the officers first, so as to throw the attack into confusion.我们首先把敌军官一个个地射死,致使敌人的进攻陷入混乱。

 pick on(v.+prep.)

1.挑选 choose (sb) for punishment, blame, or an unpleasant job

▲pick on sb/sth

I know someone has to fetch some more logs, but why pick on me?我知道得有人再去捡些木头,但为什么挑上了我?

The teacher always picks on her to translate the long passages.老师总是叫她做长篇翻译。

Why should you pick on me to do the chores?你为什么要挑我去做那些杂务?

She wondered why we had picked on that small room to work in.她不知道为什么我们偏要选中那个小房间作为工作室。

◇ 用于be ～ed结构

I was picked on to announce the bad news.偏偏选中我去宣布这个坏消息。

2.招惹,找茬儿; 责备 find fault with; speak angrily (to sb)

▲pick on sb

Why pick on me every time?为什么每次都找我的岔?

They always pick on her when anything goes wrong.每当事情出了什么差错,他们总是责怪她。

She felt that her parents were picking on her.她觉得,父母老是偏偏责备她。

Stop picking on me or I'll tell father.不要对我这么凶,不然我会告诉爸爸的。

◇ 用于be ～ed结构

In the assignment of various sorts of work, none of them felt as if they were being picked