pick up

英[pikʌp] 美[pɪkʌp]
  • v. 捡起;收集;继续;得到;接人;偶然结识;站起,扶起;学会;逮捕;振作精神
  • picadillo n.[烹]什锦肉糜(一种西班牙和拉丁美洲菜肴)
  • picador n.骑马斗牛士;老练机智的论客;机敏的辩论
  • picaninny n.<贬>黑人小孩;澳大利亚土著小孩
  • picao abbr.ProvisionalInternationalCivilAviationOrganization临时国际民用航空组织
  • picara n.女无赖;女流氓
Verb:
  1. take and lift upward

  2. take up by hand;

    "He picked up the book and started to read"

  3. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift;

    "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"

  4. gather or collect;

    "You can get the results on Monday"
    "She picked up the children at the day care center"
    "They pick up our trash twice a week"

  5. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

    "I learned that she has two grown-up children"
    "I see that you have been promoted"

  6. get in addition, as an increase;

    "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"

  7. take into custody;

    "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

  8. buy casually or spontaneously;

    "I picked up some food for a snack"

  9. register (perceptual input);

    "pick up a signal"

  10. lift out or reflect from a background;

    "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"
    "His eyes picked up his smile"

  11. meet someone for sexual purposes;

    "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"

  12. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism;

    "Music can uplift your spirits"

  13. improve significantly; go from bad to good;

    "Her performance in school picked up"

  14. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily;

    "I caught the aroma of coffee"
    "He caught the allusion in her glance"
    "ears open to catch every sound"
    "The dog picked up the scent"
    "Catch a glimpse"

  15. eat by pecking at, like a bird

  16. gain or regain energy;

    "I picked up after a nap"

1. Will you pick up all your toys?
把你的玩具都收起来好不好?

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2. We can pick up Mexican television.
我们可以接收到墨西哥电视。

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3. He goes to clubs to pick up girls.
他到夜总会去泡妞。

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4. She bent down to pick up her glove.
她俯身去捡手套。

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5. Can I just pick up that guy's point?
我能接着谈一下那个人的观点吗?

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6. She stooped down to pick up the child.
她俯身抱起孩子。

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7. She bent forward to pick up the newspaper.
她弯腰去捡报纸。

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8. She would cleverly pick up on what I said.
她会很聪明地留心我说的话。

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9. Let's pick up where we left off yesterday.
咱们从昨天停下的地方继续吧。

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10. Did you pick up my suit from the cleaner's?
你顺便从干洗店取我的西装了吗?

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11. Can you pick up my suit from the cleaner's?
你能帮我从干洗店取回我的套装吗?

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12. We can pick up the motorway in a few miles.
经过几英里以后我们就能上高速公路。

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13. Industrial production is beginning to pick up.
工业生产正在开始好转。

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14. We were able to pick up the BBC World Service.
我们能收到英国广播公司国际广播节目。

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15. I'll come by this evening and pick up the books.
我今晚过来取书。

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16. She failed to pick up on the humour in his remark.
她没有领悟他话中的幽默。

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17. He stooped to pick up the carrier bag of groceries.
他弯腰提起装满食品杂货的购物袋。

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18. He was trying to pick up some cash touting tickets.
他那时在筹集现金倒卖票。

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19. We managed to pick up a few bargains at the auction.
我们从拍卖场买到了几件便宜货。

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20. The company will pick up the tab for your hotel room.
公司将为你付旅馆住宿费。

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21. Scientists can now pick up early signs of the disease.
现在科学家能够辨认这种疾病的早期症状。

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22. If I could just pick up on a question you raised earlier.
请允许我重提一下您早先提出的问题。

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23. All I seem to do is cook, wash and pick up after the kids.
烧饭、洗衣、跟在孩子屁股后头收拾东西—好像这就是我全部的活儿。

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24. The trucks waited at the warehouse to pick up their loads.
货车在仓库等着装载货物。

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25. The hotel manager signed to the porter to pick up my case.
旅馆经理示意行李工替我拿箱子。

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26. Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today?
今天你能帮我个忙去学校接萨姆吗?

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27. She can pick up a tune instantly on the piano. It's a gift.
她听到曲子就能马上用钢琴弹出来,这是天分。

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28. Someone's going to go flying if you don't pick up these toys.
你要是不捡起这些玩具,有人就会绊倒。

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29. How dare you pick up the phone and listen in on my conversations!
你竟敢拿起电话偷听我的谈话!

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30. How dare you pick up the phone and listen in on my conversations!
你竟敢拿起电话偷听我的谈话!

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    用作动词 (v.)
    1. He picked up his knife and fork.
      他捡起了刀叉。
    2. He picked up the child and put her on his shoulders.
      他抱起孩子让她骑在自己的肩膀上。
    3. He picked up news from all sources.
      他从各种渠道收集消息。
    4. She picked up a valuable first edition at a village book sale.
      她在乡村图书展销会上买到一本珍贵的首版书。
    5. But we have to survive, so I have to pick myself up, and then continue my work.
      但我们必须活下去,所以我必须鞭策自己继续做下去。
    6. I am able to pick you up on the short wave radio.
      我能用短波收音机收听到你的信号。
    7. The dog easily picked up the scent of the murderer.
      狗毫不费力地嗅出了谋杀者的气味。
    8. The next morning, my mum came to pick me up.
      第二天早上,我的妈妈来接我。
    9. He picked up the girl at a college disco.
      他在学校的迪斯科舞会上偶然结识了那姑娘。
    10. She's living with some man she picked up on holiday.
      她与一个在假日认识的男人同住。
    11. Pick yourself up and brush yourself down.
      自己站起来,把衣服掸乾净。
    12. She soon picked up French when she went to live in France.
      她到法国居住后很快就学会了法语。
    13. He is picked up on a charge of killing a man.
      他因犯有杀人罪而被逮捕。
    14. A cup of coffee might pick you up.
      喝杯咖啡也许能使你的精神振作起来。