vt.

挑选，选择[O2]
Please pick a good book for me.
请为我挑一本好书。
采，摘[O1][（+for）]
He picked her a rose.
他给她采了一朵玫瑰花。
（用手指或尖形工具）挖；剔；扒；啄[（+from/out of）]
She picked the meat from the bones.
她将骨头上的肉剔去。
找茬；寻衅吵架
Are you trying to pick a fight?
你是不是故意寻衅打架？
撬（锁）；扒窃
拔羽毛
（偶然）获得；学会（语言）[（+up）]
He picked up French while he was staying in Paris.
他在巴黎时学会了法语。
弹奏（弦乐器）

vi.

挖；扒；剔
采摘
They've gone picking.
他们出去采摘果子了。
啄食
扒窃

n.

选择（权）[U]
Here are ten books in English, take your pick.
这里有十本英文书，你挑吧。
精华，最好的部分[the S][（+of）]
This stamp is the pick of my collection.
这一张是我收集的邮票中最珍贵的。
（采摘的）收获（量）[C]
剔的工具；十字镐；琴拨，拨指[C]

短语

pick and choose

挑挑拣拣
You cannot pick and choose in this grocery store, but the price is usually lower than in a supermarket.
在这家杂货店买东西不能挑挑拣拣，但价格通常比超级市场便宜些。

pick at

吃得很少
The boy is only picking at his food.
那男孩只吃一点点。
找……的茬；挑毛病
Why are you always picking at me?
你为什么老是挑我的毛病？

pick off

摘掉；取走
You should not pick off any of the flowers.
你不应该摘花。

pick on

【口】找……的茬，对……唠叨指责
His older brother always picked on him.
他的哥哥老找他麻烦。
Why pick on me every time?
为什么每次都怪我？
选中；挑选
I don't see why they have picked on the smaller one.
我不明白他们为什么选中那小的？

pick oneself up

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

pick out

挑选出；拣出
Let me pick out some good ones for you.
让我来替你挑几个好的。
辨认出
It's easy to pick him out in a crowd because he is very tall.
很容易从人群中辨认出他，因为他个子很高。

pick over

仔细检查或挑选
She is picking over a basket of oranges.
她正在拣选一篮橘子。

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.
工作结束后应该把工具收拾好。
学到；获得
He was picking up the skills quickly.
他正在很快地掌握技术。
【口】与……偶然结识（常指与异性调情）
We picked up a couple of girls at the pub last Friday.
上星期五我们在酒吧结识了几个女孩。

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.
我是唯一明了老师真正在说什么的人。
We need to pick up on what's going on here.
我们需要了解一下这里的情形。

pick up with sb.

结识某人
Where did you pick up with that person?
你在什么地方认识那人的？

take one's pick

由自己挑选
Which one do you prefer? Take your pick!
你要哪一个？自己挑吧！

派生

n.

picker

n.

picking

辨析

同义:

vi.,vt.挑选；选择

choose select gather cull

同义参见:

favor selection carp specify prefer pull glean preference pluck choice harvest peck² elect

以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》

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.