pick up

英 [pik ʌp] 美 [pɪk ʌp]

• v. 捡起；收集；继续；得到；接人；偶然结识；站起，扶起；学会；逮捕；振作精神

英英释义

Verb:

1. take and lift upward

2. take up by hand;

   "He picked up the book and started to read"
   

3. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift;

   "We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway"
   

4. gather or collect;

   "You can get the results on Monday"
   "She picked up the children at the day care center"
   "They pick up our trash twice a week"
   

5. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

   "I learned that she has two grown-up children"
   "I see that you have been promoted"
   

6. get in addition, as an increase;

   "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"
   

7. take into custody;

   "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
   

8. buy casually or spontaneously;

   "I picked up some food for a snack"
   

9. register (perceptual input);

   "pick up a signal"
   

10. lift out or reflect from a background;

    "The scarf picks up the color of the skirt"
    "His eyes picked up his smile"
    

11. meet someone for sexual purposes;

    "he always tries to pick up girls in bars"
    

12. fill with high spirits; fill with optimism;

    "Music can uplift your spirits"
    

13. improve significantly; go from bad to good;

    "Her performance in school picked up"
    

14. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily;

    "I caught the aroma of coffee"
    "He caught the allusion in her glance"
    "ears open to catch every sound"
    "The dog picked up the scent"
    "Catch a glimpse"
    

15. eat by pecking at, like a bird

16. gain or regain energy;

    "I picked up after a nap"
    

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He picked up his knife and fork.
   他捡起了刀叉。
2. He picked up the child and put her on his shoulders.
   他抱起孩子让她骑在自己的肩膀上。
3. He picked up news from all sources.
   他从各种渠道收集消息。
4. She picked up a valuable first edition at a village book sale.
   她在乡村图书展销会上买到一本珍贵的首版书。
5. But we have to survive, so I have to pick myself up, and then continue my work.
   但我们必须活下去,所以我必须鞭策自己继续做下去。
6. I am able to pick you up on the short wave radio.
   我能用短波收音机收听到你的信号。
7. The dog easily picked up the scent of the murderer.
   狗毫不费力地嗅出了谋杀者的气味。
8. The next morning, my mum came to pick me up.
   第二天早上,我的妈妈来接我。
9. He picked up the girl at a college disco.
   他在学校的迪斯科舞会上偶然结识了那姑娘。
10. She's living with some man she picked up on holiday.
    她与一个在假日认识的男人同住。
11. Pick yourself up and brush yourself down.
    自己站起来，把衣服掸乾净。
12. She soon picked up French when she went to live in France.
    她到法国居住后很快就学会了法语。
13. He is picked up on a charge of killing a man.
    他因犯有杀人罪而被逮捕。
14. A cup of coffee might pick you up.
    喝杯咖啡也许能使你的精神振作起来。

词汇搭配

• pick up the gauntlet 应战(护卫)
• pick up with sb. 结识某人
• pick up on 与 ... 熟悉起...
• snag a pick up 免费乘车
• pick up flesh 病愈后长胖
• pick up 捡起
• pick up the tab 承担全部费用...
• pick up one's heels 逃走
• pick up speed 加快速度
• pick up with 认识

近反义词

【近义词】

• dredge 用挖泥机疏浚...
• straighten 弄直
• lift 举起
• refresh （使）恢复精神...
• gain 获得
• lift up 升起
• gather up 使聚集, 收拢, 集拢...
• get wind 为人所知; 传插出去...
• nail 钉子
• apprehend 理解
• hear 得知
• perk up 昂首翘尾
• peck 啄
• find out 发现
• elate 使兴奋
• see 看见
• get word 听说
• turn around 转身(转变
• collar 衣领
• percolate 过滤
• collect 收集
• nab 抓住或逮捕
• perk （使）振作
• discover 发现
• uplift 鼓舞
• receive 接到
• get a line 取得关于 ... 的情报...
• cop 纺锤状线团、管纱...
• catch 赶上
• learn 学会
• call for 需要
• arrest 逮捕
• intoxicate 下毒