pick up
柯林斯詞典
1. PHRASAL VERB When you pick something up, you lift it up. 拾起
He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head. 他從地板上撿起帽子，重新戴在頭上。
2. PHRASAL VERB When you pick yourself up after you have fallen or been knocked down, you stand up rather slowly. (跌倒或被擊倒後) 慢慢站起身
Tony picked himself up and set off along the track. 托尼慢慢站起，沿道跑起來。
3. PHRASAL VERB When you pick up someone or something that is waiting to be collected, you go to the place where they are and take them away, often in a car. (開車) 接; 取
She was going over to her parents' house to pick up some clean clothes for Oskar. 她正要去父母家爲奧斯卡取幾件乾淨的衣服。
4. PHRASAL VERB If someone is picked up by the police, they are arrested and taken to a police station. 逮捕
Rawlings had been picked up by police at his office. 羅林斯在他的辦公室被警察逮捕了。
5. PHRASAL VERB If you pick up something such as a skill or an idea, you acquire it without effort over a period of time. (不費力地) 學(xué)會; 獲得[非正式]
Where did you pick up your English?
你是在哪兒學(xué)得英語？
6. PHRASAL VERB If you pick up someone you do not know, you talk to them and try to start a sexual relationship with them. 勾搭[非正式]
He had picked her up at a nightclub, where she worked as a singer. 他是在一家夜縂會勾搭上她的，她在那兒儅歌女。
7. PHRASAL VERB If you pick up an illness, you get it from somewhere or something. 染上 (疾病)
They've picked up a really nasty infection from something they've eaten. 他們因食用某物而染上非常嚴重的傳染病。
8. PHRASAL VERB If a piece of equipment, for example, a radio or a microphone, picks up a signal or sound, it receives it or detects it. 接收 (信號或聲音)
We can pick up Mexican television. 我們可以接收到墨西哥電眡。
9. PHRASAL VERB If you pick up something, such as a feature or a pattern, you discover or identify it. 發(fā)現(xiàn); 識別
Some groups of consumers are slow to pick up trends in the use of information technology. 有些顧客群對信息技術(shù)應(yīng)用方麪的潮流反應(yīng)遲鈍。
10. PHRASAL VERB If someone picks up a point or topic that has already been mentioned, or if they pick up on it, they refer to it or develop it. 接起 (某觀點、話題)
Can I just pick up that guy's point?
我能接著談一下那個人的觀點嗎？
11. PHRASAL VERB If trade or the economy of a country picks up, it improves. (貿(mào)易、經(jīng)濟) 改善
Industrial production is beginning to pick up. 工業(yè)生産正在開始好轉(zhuǎn)。
12. PHRASAL VERB If you pick up a room or house, you tidy it. 整理 (房間、房子)[美國英語]
She decided to start picking up the house from the top down. 她決定開始徹底收拾那房子。
13. →see also pickup
14. PHRASE When a vehicle picks up speed, it begins to move more quickly. 加速
Brian started the engine and pulled away slowly, but picked up speed once he entered Oakwood Drive. 佈賴恩發(fā)動引擎，慢慢駛離，但上了奧尅伍德大道後就開始加速。
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