picking

英 [ˈpɪkɪŋ]

美 [ˈpɪkɪŋ]

v.  选择; 挑选; 采; 摘; (用手指)摘掉，剔除，掐去
pick的现在分词
n.  采摘; 掘; 撬开; 采得物; 赃物

复数：pickings　现在分词：picking　

经济

BNC.18630 / COCA.18900

柯林斯词典

• VERB 挑选；选择
  If youpicka 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。
• N-SING 精华；精品；精英
  You can refer to the best things or people in a particular group asthe pick ofthat 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。
• VERB 采；摘
  When youpickflowers, 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。
• VERB 拿取；挪移
  If youpicksomething 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。
• VERB 抠（鼻）；剔（牙）
  If youpickyournoseorteeth, 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。
• VERB 寻找…的口实；寻（衅）；找（碴儿）
  If youpicka fight or quarrelwithsomeone, 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。
• VERB 撬开（锁）；扒窃…中的东西
  If someone such as a thiefpicksa 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。
• 同 pickaxe
  Apickis the same as apickaxe.
• See also:hand-pickice pick
• PHRASE 挑挑拣拣；挑三拣四；挑剔
  If youpick 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。
• PHRASE 可从…中任意挑选
  If youhaveyourpick ofa 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。
• PHRASE 任意挑选
  If you are told totakeyourpick, 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。
• PHRASE 择路而行；小心行路
  If youpickyourwayacross 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。
• topicksomeone'sbrains→ see:brain
• PHRASE 收拾残局；努力恢复正常
  When youpick up the piecesafter 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。
• PHRASE 加速
  When a vehiclepicks 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。

英英释义

noun

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

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• You caught me. I was just picking you some flowers.
  给你逮到了。我摘些花给你。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• When it comes to picking up awards they lead the field by miles.
  他们在拿奖方面遥遥领先。
• 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。
• The pace of economic growth is picking up.
  经济增长的步伐正在加快。