vt.

挑選，選擇[O2]
Please pick a good book for me.
請為我挑一本好書。
採，摘[O1][（+for）]
He picked her a rose.
他給她採了一朵玫瑰花。
（用手指或尖形工具）挖；剔；扒；啄[（+from/out of）]
She picked the meat from the bones.
她將骨頭上的肉剔去。
找岔；尋釁吵架
Are you trying to pick a fight?
你是不是故意尋釁打架？
撬（鎖）；扒竊
拔羽毛
（偶然）獲得；學會（語言）[（+up）]
He picked up French while he was staying in Paris.
他在巴黎時學會了法語。
彈奏（弦樂器）

vi.

挖；扒；剔
採摘
They've gone picking.
他們出去採摘果子了。
啄食
扒竊

n.

選擇（權）[U]
Here are ten books in English, take your pick.
這裡有十本英文書，你挑吧。
精華，最好的部分[the S][（+of）]
This stamp is the pick of my collection.
這一張是我收集的郵票中最珍貴的。
（採摘的）收穫（量）[C]
剔的工具；十字鎬；琴撥，撥指[C]

片語

pick and choose

挑挑揀揀
You cannot pick and choose in this grocery store, but the price is usually lower than in a supermarket.
在這家雜貨店買東西不能挑挑揀揀，但價格通常比超級市場便宜些。

pick at

吃得很少
The boy is only picking at his food.
那男孩只吃一點點。
找……的岔；挑毛病
Why are you always picking at me?
你為什麼老是挑我的毛病？

pick off

摘掉；取走
You should not pick off any of the flowers.
你不應該摘花。

pick on

【口】找……的碴兒；對……嘮叨；指責
Why pick on me every time?
為什麼每次都怪我？
His older brother always picked on him.
他的哥哥老找他麻煩。
選中；挑選
I don't see why they have picked on the smaller one.
我不明白他們為什麼選中那小的？

pick oneself up

跌倒後起來
The small girl slipped and fell, but quickly picked herself up.
小女孩滑了一跤，但很快就爬了起來。

pick out

挑選出；揀出
Let me pick out some good ones for you.
讓我來替你挑幾個好的。
辨認出
It's easy to pick him out in a crowd because he is very tall.
很容易從人群中辨認出他，因為他個子很高。

pick over

檢查挑選
She is picking over a basket of oranges.
她正在揀選一籃橘子。

pick up

拾起
The boy picked up the hat for the old man.
男孩替老人拾起了帽子。
收拾
You should pick up the tools after work.
工作結束後應該把工具收拾好。
學到；獲得
He was picking up the skills quickly.
他正在很快地掌握技術。
【口】把上（新男友或女友），釣（馬子，凱子）
Nowadays girls try to pick up guys more than vice versa.
這年頭啊是女孩想把男孩，而不是男孩追女孩。
We picked up a couple of girls at the pub last Friday.
上星期五我們在酒吧把上幾個女孩。

pick up on

【美】【口】了解到；注意到
I was the only one to pick up on what the teacher was really saying.
我是唯一明了老師真正在說什麼的人。
We need to pick up on what's going on here.
我們需要了解一下這裡的情形。

pick up with sb.

結識某人
Where did you pick up with that person?
你在什麼地方認識那人的？

take one's pick

由自己挑選
Which one do you prefer? Take your pick!
你要哪一個？自己挑吧！

衍生

n.

picker

n.

picking

辨析

同義:

vi.,vt.挑選；選擇

choose select gather cull

同義參見:

elect pull specify harvest carp choice glean preference pluck prefer

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

pick¹

v.

take hold of and remove (a flower or fruit) from where it is growing.
▸ (often pick someone/thing up) take hold of and lift or move.

▸ (pick up) Golf take hold of and lift up one's ball, especially when conceding a hole.
choose from a number of alternatives.
▸ (pick one's way) walk slowly and carefully.
(often pick at) repeatedly pull at something with one's fingers.
▸eat in small amounts or without much appetite.

▸criticize someone in a niggling way.
remove unwanted matter from (one's nose or teeth) with a finger or a pointed instrument.
pluck the strings of (a guitar or banjo).

n.

an act or the right of selecting something.
▸ (the pick of) informal the best person or thing in a particular group.
Basketball an act of blocking or screening a defensive player from the ball handler.

Phrase

pick and choose
select only the best from among a number of alternatives.
pick someone's brains
informal obtain information by questioning someone well informed.
pick a fight
provoke an argument or fight.
pick holes in
find fault with.
pick a lock
open a lock with an instrument other than the proper key.
pick someone's pockets
steal something surreptitiously from another person's pocket.
pick someone/thing to pieces (or apart)
criticize someone or something severely.

Phrase verbal

pick someone/thing off
shoot a member of a group from a distance.
pick on
repeatedly single out for unfair criticism or unkind treatment.
pick someone/thing out
distinguish or select someone or something from a group.
pick something out
highlight something by painting or fashioning in a contrasting colour or medium.
pick something over (or pick through)
sort through a number of items carefully.
pick up
improve or increase.
pick someone up
1. go somewhere to collect someone.
2. informal casually strike up a relationship with someone as a sexual overture.
3. return to a point or remark made by someone in order to criticize it.
pick something up
1. collect something that has been left elsewhere.
2. obtain, acquire, or learn something.
  ▸catch an illness or infection.
3. detect or receive a signal or sound.
4. resume something.
5. (also pick up on) refer to or develop a point or topic mentioned earlier.
  ▸become aware of or sensitive to something.
6. N. Amer. tidy a room or building.

Derivative

pickable adj.
picker n.

Etymology

ME (orig. as pike): of unknown origin.

pick²

n.

a tool headed by a curved bar with a point at one end and a chisel edge or point at the other, used for breaking up hard ground or rock.
an instrument for picking.
▸informal a plectrum.