picking

1. VERB 挑选；选择
   If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one.
   1. 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。
   2. I had deliberately picked a city with a tropical climate.
      我特意选了一个热带气候的城市。
2. N-SING 精华；精品；精英
   You can refer to the best things or people in a particular group as the pick of that group.
   1. 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。
   2. We had the pick of suits from the shop.
      我们买了店里最好的套装。
3. VERB 采；摘
   When you pick flowers, fruit, or leaves, you break them off the plant or tree and collect them.
   1. She used to pick flowers in the Cromwell Road...
      她过去常到克伦威尔路采花。
   2. He helps his mother pick fruit.
      他帮母亲摘果子。
4. VERB 拿取；挪移
   If you pick something from a place, you remove it from there with your fingers or your hand.
   1. 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。
   2. He picked the telephone off the wall bracket.
      他从墙上的固定托架上摘下电话。
5. VERB 抠（鼻）；剔（牙）
   If you pick your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth.
   1. Edgar, don't pick your nose, dear...
      埃德加，不要抠鼻子，宝贝儿。
   2. He had just had a meal and was picking his teeth after it.
      他刚吃完饭，正在剔牙。
6. VERB 寻找…的口实；寻（衅）；找（碴儿）
   If you pick a fight or quarrel with someone, you deliberately cause one.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
7. VERB 撬开（锁）；扒窃…中的东西
   If someone such as a thief picks a lock, they open it without a key, for example by using a piece of wire.
   1. 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。
8. 同 pickaxe
   A pick is the same as a pickaxe .
9. See also: hand-pick ice pick
10. PHRASE 挑挑拣拣；挑三拣四；挑剔
    If you pick and choose, you carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others.
    1. 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。
    2. We, the patients, cannot pick and choose our doctors.
       我们患者不能对医生挑挑拣拣。
11. PHRASE 可从…中任意挑选
    If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
12. PHRASE 任意挑选
    If you are told to take your pick, you can choose any one that you like from a group of things.
    1. Accountants can take their pick of company cars...
       会计师可以任选配备的公车。
    2. Take your pick from ten luxury hotels...
       10家豪华宾馆任你选择。
    3. 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。
13. PHRASE 择路而行；小心行路
    If you pick your way across an area, you walk across it very carefully in order to avoid obstacles or dangerous things.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
14. to pick someone's brains → see: brain
15. PHRASE 收拾残局；努力恢复正常
    When you pick up the pieces after a disaster, you do what you can to get the situation back to normal again.
    1. 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？
    2. 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。
16. PHRASE 加速
    When a vehicle picks up speed, it begins to move more quickly.
    1. Brian pulled away slowly, but picked up speed.
       布赖恩慢慢开动汽车，但很快就加速了。

1. Affleck catapulted to fame after picking up an Oscar.
   摘得奥斯卡奖后，阿弗莱克一举成名。
2. Molly had cringed when Ann started picking up the guitar
   安开始弹吉他时，莫莉感到有些难堪。
3. The pace of economic growth is picking up.
   经济增长的步伐正在加快。
4. When it comes to picking up awards they lead the field by miles.
   他们在拿奖方面遥遥领先。
5. Some of the nation's top economic forecasters say the economic recovery is picking up speed.
   这个国家的一些顶尖经济预测专家称经济复苏正在加速。
6. She sat picking at her small plate of rice salad with an air of martyrdom.
   她坐在那里一点点地吃着一小盘米饭色拉，一副可怜兮兮的模样。
7. Picking up a brush, Joanna parted her hair
   乔安娜拿起一把刷子，给头发分缝。
8. He had just had a meal and was picking his teeth after it.
   他刚吃完饭，正在剔牙。
9. Both groups on either side are just picking off innocent bystanders
   对峙双方都只是在瞄准射击无辜的旁观者。
10. Young people are picking up ideas about good drugs and bad drugs.
    年轻人正在形成毒品有好坏之分的观念。
11. There is no question of the taxpayer picking up the bill for the party.
    要纳税人为该党买单是不可能的。
12. Haig's message was that victory was ripe for picking.
    黑格传达的意思是说胜利唾手可得。
13. As major airlines give up less-traveled routes, smaller planes are picking up the slack.
    由于大型航空公司放弃了乘客较少的路线，一些较小的飞机正在加紧补位。
14. Just as the presidential campaign was picking up steam, riots exploded in Los Angeles.
    正当总统竞选活动的声势日益壮大时，洛杉矶爆发了暴乱。
15. The parties must now go through the tortuous process of picking their candidates.
    各政党现在必须进行挑选各自候选人这一迂回复杂的程序。
16. In India and Bali students learn to vocalize music before ever picking up instruments.
    在印度和巴厘岛，学生们在开始学习乐器之前要先学习唱歌。
17. Lately, the president has been sacking and picking new ministers at whim.
    最近，总统一时兴起频频解雇旧部长，选任新部长。
18. They confirmed by wireless that she was picking up survivors.
    他们通过无线电证实她在营救幸存者。
19. The index is picking up.
    指数回升。
20. Now that he has admitted his mistake, we should not keep picking on him.
    他承认了错误，就别揪着不放了。
21. The action of picking the baby up had made her back ache.
    抱起婴儿的动作使她背痛。
22. Stop picking holes in what he said.
    他讲的话你就别挑错儿了。
23. A jam-packed bus continued picking up passengers at every stop.
    有一辆拥挤不堪的公共汽车每站停车让乘客挤上去。
24. He is always picking on others.
    他老是踩咕别人。
25. I collected a lot of information about picking, packing and transporting fruit before I quit, he says.
    在离职前，我收集了许多有关水果的采摘、包装和运输的资料。他说。
26. That you have a talent for picking the wrong men.
    你说你选择了一个错误的男人。
27. I swear! I don't know a thing! You're picking on the wrong man!
    我发誓！我什么也不知道！你找错人了！
28. If you have already purchased our books, how about picking up copies for friends and colleagues?
    如果您已经购买了我们的书籍，如何拿起副本，以备同事和朋友？
29. It's cutting your finger, it's oiling your bike, it's picking your nose!
    是割破了你的手指，是给你的自行车上油，是挖你的鼻子！
30. You caught me. I was just picking you some flowers.
    给你逮到了。我摘些花给你。

noun

1. the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)

2. the quantity of a crop that is harvested
   1. he sent the first picking of berries to the market
   2. it was the biggest peach pick in years

   Synonym:    pick