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VERB
挑选；选择
If you pick a particular person or thing, you choose that one.
例句
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。
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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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.
例句
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。
We had the pick of suits from the shop.
我们买了店里最好的套装。
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VERB
采；摘
When you pick flowers, fruit, or leaves, you break them off the plant or tree and collect them.
例句
She used to pick flowers in the Cromwell Road...
她过去常到克伦威尔路采花。
He helps his mother pick fruit.
他帮母亲摘果子。
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VERB
拿取；挪移
If you pick something from a place, you remove it from there with your fingers or your hand.
例句
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。
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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VERB
抠（鼻）；剔（牙）
If you pick your nose or teeth, you remove substances from inside your nose or between your teeth.
例句
Edgar, don't pick your nose, dear...
埃德加，不要抠鼻子，宝贝儿。
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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VERB
寻找…的口实；寻（衅）；找（碴儿）
If you pick a fight or quarrel with someone, you deliberately cause one.
例句
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。
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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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.
例句
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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N-COUNT
同 pickaxe
A pick is the same as a pickaxe .
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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.
例句
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。
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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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.
例句
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。
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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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.
例句
Accountants can take their pick of company cars...
会计师可以任选配备的公车。
Take your pick from ten luxury hotels...
10家豪华宾馆任你选择。
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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.
例句
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。
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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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.
例句
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？
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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PHRASE
加速
When a vehicle picks up speed, it begins to move more quickly.
例句
Brian pulled away slowly, but picked up speed.
布赖恩慢慢开动汽车，但很快就加速了。
Noun
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"Verb
1. select carefully from a group;
"She finally picked her successor""He picked his way carefully"2. look for and gather;
"pick mushrooms""pick flowers"3. harass with constant criticism;
"Don't always pick on your little brother"4. provoke;
"pick a fight or a quarrel"5. remove in small bits;
"pick meat from a bone"6. remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits;
"Clean the turkey"7. pilfer or rob;
"pick pockets"8. pay for something;
"pick up the tab""pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages""foot the bill"9. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion;
"he plucked the strings of his mandolin"10. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example;
"Pick open the ice"11. hit lightly with a picking motion
12. eat intermittently; take small bites of;
"He pieced at the sandwich all morning""She never eats a full meal--she just nibbles"