pick

1. V-T If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one. 挑選

Mr. Nowell had picked ten people to interview for six sales jobs in Dallas. 諾埃爾先生為在達拉斯的六個銷售職位挑選了十人進行面試。

2. N-SING You can refer to the best things or people in a particular group as the pick of that group. 精華; 精英

The boys here are the pick of the high school's football players. 這兒的男孩都是該中學足球隊的精英。

3. V-T When you pick flowers, fruit, or leaves, you break them off the plant or tree and collect them. 采摘

She used to pick flowers in the Adirondacks. 她以前常去阿迪朗達克山采花。

4. V-T If you pick something from a place, you remove it from there with your fingers or your hand. 拿走

He picked the napkin from his lap and placed it alongside his plate. 他從腿上拿起餐巾，放在他的盤子旁邊。

5. V-T If you pick your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth. 摳 (鼻子); 剔 (牙)

Edgar, don't pick your nose, dear. 埃德加，不要摳鼻子，親愛的。

6. V-T If you pick a fight with someone, you deliberately cause one. 挑釁

He picked a fight with a waiter and landed in jail. 他找茬兒和服務員打架，結果鋃鐺入獄。

7. V-T If someone such as a thief picks a lock, they open it without a key, for example, by using a piece of wire. 撬 (鎖)

He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer. 他熟練地撬開每一把鎖，偷走了每個抽屜里的文件。

8. N-COUNT A pick is the same as a . 同 pickax

9. V to pierce, dig, or break up (a hard surface) with a pick (用鶴嘴鋤)鑿; 掘; 挖

10. V to cast (a shuttle) 投(梭)

11. N one casting of a shuttle 投梭

12. PHRASE If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things. 任意挑選

Accountants can take their pick of company cars. 會計們可以任意挑選公司的汽車。

13. to pick holes in something→see hole

14. to pick someone's pocket→see pocket