英汉词典

pick 基本解释

• vi. 挑选；采摘；挖
• vt. 拾取；精选；采摘；掘
• n. 选择；鹤嘴锄；挖；掩护
• n. (Pick)人名；(英、法、德、捷、匈、瑞典)皮克

pick 词态变化

pick 中文词源

来自中古英语picken,捡，适，采摘，来自古英语pician,刺，拔，来自Proto-Germanic*pikona,刺，啄，敲，捡，来自PIE*beu-,发出敲击声，拟声词，词源同peck,pike.

pick 英文词源

pick

pick: English has two distinct words pick. The verb [15], which originally meant ‘pierce’ (a sense which survives in ‘pick holes in’), appears to come via Old French piquer from a Vulgar Latin *piccāre ‘prick, pierce’. Picket [17], which originally meant ‘pointed stake’, is probably derived from the same source (its modern sense ‘guard’, which emerged in the 18th century, comes from the practice of soldiers tying their horses to stakes). Pique [16] is a slightly later borrowing from French. Pick ‘sharp implement’ [14] (as in toothpick) is probably related to Old English pīc ‘pointed object’, source of English pike ‘spear’.

It also lies behind English peak. In view of their close semantic similarity, it seems likely that the two picks share a common ancestor, which was no doubt responsible also for Old French picois ‘pickaxe’, altered in English, under the influence of axe, to pickaxe [15].
=> picket, pique; peak, pike

pick (v.)

early 13c., picken "to peck;" c. 1300, piken "to work with a pick," probably representing a fusion of Old English *pician "to prick," (implied by picung "a piercing, pricking," an 8c. gloss on Latin stigmata) with Old Norse pikka "to prick, peck," both from a Germanic root (source also of Middle Dutch picken, German picken "to pick, peck"), perhaps imitative. Influence from Middle French piquer "to prick, sting" (see pike (n.2)) also is possible, but that French word generally is not considered a source of the English word. Related: Picked; picking.

Meaning "to eat with small bites" is from 1580s. The meaning "to choose, select, pick out" emerged late 14c., from earlier meaning "to pluck with the fingers" (early 14c.). Sense of "to rob, plunder" (c. 1300) weakened to a milder sense of "steal petty things" by late 14c. Of forcing locks with a pointed tool, by 1540s. Meaning "to pluck (a banjo)" is recorded from 1860. To pick a quarrel, etc. is from mid-15c.; to pick at "find fault with" is from 1670s. Pick on "single out for adverse attention" is from late 14c.; pick off "shoot one by one" is recorded from 1810; baseball sense of "to put out a runner on base" is from 1939. Also see pick up. To pick and choose "select carefully" is from 1660s (choose and pick is attested from c. 1400).

pick (n.1)

c. 1200, "pointed tool for breaking up rock or ground," variant of pike (n.4). Meaning "sharp tool" is from mid-14c.

pick (n.2)

mid-15c., "a blow with a pointed instrument," from pick (v.). Meaning "plectrum for a guitar, lute, etc." is from 1895; as a type of basketball block, from 1951; meaning "choicest part or example" is first recorded 1760.

pick 词组搭配

pick 英文释义

1. the person or thing chosen or selected;

"he was my pick for mayor"

2. the quantity of a crop that is harvested;

"he sent the first picking of berries to the market"

"it was the biggest peach pick in years"

3. the best people or things in a group;

"the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"

4. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

5. a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

6. a thin sharp implement used for picking;

"he used a pick to clean dirt out of the cracks"

7. a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends;

"they used picks and sledges to break the rocks"

8. a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body;

"he was called for setting an illegal pick"

9. the act of choosing or selecting;

"your choice of colors was unfortunate"

"you can take your pick"

pick 同义词解析

choose, select, elect, pick, prefer, opt

这些动词均含有"选择"之意。

choose： 普通用词，侧重根据个人意愿和判断从众多的对象中进行选择，着重被选者的优点。

select： 书面用词，具有庄严、正式的感情色彩。强调精选。

elect： 指按照一定的规章或法律，用投票等方式进行的认真慎重的选择。

pick： 口语用词，多指从个人角度仔细挑选，也含任意挑选之意。

prefer： 强调个人偏爱，不一定有选择的行动。

opt： 多指在几种可能性之间进行选择。

pick 双语例句

1. The economy remains deep in recession with few signs of a pick-up.

经济仍深陷衰退之中，几乎没有好转的迹象。

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2. See our selection of autumn favourites and take your pick.

看看我们的秋季精选，然后挑出你想要的。

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3. She would cleverly pick up on what I said.

她会非常聪慧地领悟我所说的话。

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4. Here is an actress who could have her pick of any part.

这是一个角色任她挑选的女演员。

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5. They depend on the goodwill of visitors to pick up rubbish.

他们相信游客会自觉捡起垃圾。

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pick 实用场景例句

Pick a number from one to twenty.

从一至二十中挑选一个数。

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She picked the best cake for herself.

她为自己挑了一块最好的蛋糕。

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He picked his words carefully.

他用词细心谨慎。

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Have I picked a bad time to talk to you?

我是不是挑了个不恰当的时间跟你谈话？

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He has been picked to play in this week's game.

他已入选参加本周的比赛。

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to pick grapes

摘葡萄

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Mr Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in London...

诺埃尔先生为伦敦的6个销售职位选出了10人进行面试。

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I had deliberately picked a city with a tropical climate.

我特意选了一个热带气候的城市。

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The boys here are the pick of the under-15 cricketers in the country...

这儿的男孩是全国15岁以下板球手中的佼佼者。

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We had the pick of suits from the shop.

我们买了店里最好的套装。

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She used to pick flowers in the Cromwell Road...

她过去常到克伦威尔路采花。

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He helps his mother pick fruit.

他帮母亲摘果子。

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He picked the napkin from his lap and placed it alongside his plate...

他拿起腿上的餐巾，放在盘子旁边。

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He picked the telephone off the wall bracket.

他从墙上的固定托架上摘下电话。

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Edgar, don't pick your nose, dear...

埃德加，不要抠鼻子，宝贝儿。

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He had just had a meal and was picking his teeth after it.

他刚吃完饭，正在剔牙。

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He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail...

他找碴儿跟服务生打了一架，最后进了监狱。

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He was clearly in a mood to pick a quarrel with anybody.

他现在的心情明显是逮谁就想跟谁吵。

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He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer.

他熟练地撬开每一把锁，把每个抽屉里的文件都偷走了。

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As a vocational teacher I could pretty much pick and choose my work...

作为一名职业教师，我几乎可以随意挑拣自己的工作。

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We, the patients, cannot pick and choose our doctors.

我们患者不能对医生挑挑拣拣。

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Here is an actress who could have her pick of any part...

这是一个角色任她挑选的女演员。

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Klein could have had his pick of the world's top models.

克莱恩本可以从世界顶尖模特中想选谁就选谁。

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Accountants can take their pick of company cars...

会计师可以任选配备的公车。

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Take your pick from ten luxury hotels...

10家豪华宾馆任你选择。

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The girls were afraid of snakes and picked their way along with extreme caution...

女孩们害怕蛇，于是谨小慎微地择路而行。

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I moved away from the shack and picked my way among the rubble.

我离开木屋，小心地走在瓦砾间。

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Do we try and prevent problems or do we try and pick up the pieces afterwards?...

我们是想要防患未然呢，还是想要事后收拾残局？

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She died, and somehow I never picked up the pieces and started again.

她死后我竟一蹶不振，无法重新来过。

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Brian pulled away slowly, but picked up speed.

布赖恩慢慢开动汽车，但很快就加速了。

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