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VERB
挑選；選擇
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...
諾埃爾先生為倫敦的6個銷售職位選出了10人進行面試。
I had deliberately picked a city with a tropical climate.
我特意選了一個熱帶氣候的城市。
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N-SING
精華；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...
這兒的男孩是全國15歲以下板球手中的佼佼者。
We had the pick of suits from the shop.
我們買了店里最好的套裝。
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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...
她過去常到克倫威爾路采花。
He helps his mother pick fruit.
他幫母親摘果子。
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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，放在盤子旁邊。
He picked the telephone off the wall bracket.
他從墻上的固定托架上摘下電話。
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VERB
摳（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，不要摳鼻子，寶貝兒。
He had just had a meal and was picking his teeth after it.
他剛吃完飯，正在剔牙。
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VERB
尋找…的口實；尋（釁）；找（碴兒）
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...
他找碴兒跟服務生打了一架，最后進了監獄。
He was clearly in a mood to pick a quarrel with anybody.
他現在的心情明顯是逮誰就想跟誰吵。
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VERB
撬開（鎖）；扒竊…中的東西
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.
他熟練地撬開每一把鎖，把每個抽屜里的文件都偷走了。
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N-COUNT
同 pickaxe
A pick is the same as a pickaxe .
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PHRASE
挑挑揀揀；挑三揀四；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...
作為一名職業教師，我幾乎可以隨意挑揀自己的工作。
We, the patients, cannot pick and choose our doctors.
我們患者不能對醫生挑挑揀揀。
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PHRASE
可從…中任意挑選
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...
這是一個角色任她挑選的女演員。
Klein could have had his pick of the world's top models.
克萊恩本可以從世界頂尖模特中想選誰就選誰。
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PHRASE
任意挑選
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...
會計師可以任選配備的公車。
Take your pick from ten luxury hotels...
10家豪華賓館任你選擇。
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PHRASE
擇路而行；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...
女孩們害怕蛇，于是謹小慎微地擇路而行。
I moved away from the shack and picked my way among the rubble.
我離開木屋，小心地走在瓦礫間。
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PHRASE
收拾殘局；努力恢復正常
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?...
我們是想要防患未然呢，還是想要事后收拾殘局？
She died, and somehow I never picked up the pieces and started again.
她死后我竟一蹶不振，無法重新來過。
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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.
布賴恩慢慢開動汽車，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"