hand-pickedadj.

Brit.

/ˌhan(d)ˈpɪkt/, U.S.

/ˈhæn(d)ˈpɪkt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., picked adj.¹

Etymology: < hand n. + picked adj.¹, after hand-pick v.

1. That has been picked by hand (in various senses of pick v.¹). Cf. hand-pick v. 1.

ΚΠ

1780 S. Kellet et al. Compl. Coll. Cookery Receipts 122 Take then first walnuts, not bruis'd, but hand picked.

1824 Times 29 July 1/1 The supply of 1,800 tons of handpicked flints.

1871 Lancet Aug. 424/2 Now the oakum is being carded by machinery... I think it will probably take the place of hand-picked oakum.

1891 Homiletic Rev. June 495 It is the hand-picked fruit that keeps the longest.

1905 Amer. Nut Jrnl. Oct. 24/1 The machine-picked nuts..are never as marketable as the hand-picked nuts.

1963 Preserving Fiber Quality in Cotton Ginning (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 5/1 In the past, most hand-picked cotton was clean and dry enough for cotton-house storage.

2000 Marie Claire July 72 (advt.) Using only hand-picked native Catalunya grapes, the wine is made in the ‘traditional method’.

2. That has been selected carefully for a particular purpose.

a. With actual use of the hand or a hand-held tool. Cf. hand-pick v. 2a.

ΚΠ

1839 J. Tudor Let. 10 Oct. in House of Commons Papers (1845) 30 29 The advantage has been in favour of the new fuel even with hand-picked coal.

1861 Weekly Reporter 8 June 670/2 The iron so shipped was not wrought hand-picked scrap iron, but iron of an inferior quality.

1917 Rep. Royal Ont. Nickel Comm. No. 62. 114 Even this hand-picked product contains 14 to 35 per cent, or more of silica.

1971 T. G. Theodore & R. J. Roberts Geochem. & Geol. Deep Drill Holes Iron Canyon C107 Most handpicked specimens of vein quartz were selected from dumps.

2011 M. van der Veen Consumption, Trade & Innovation i. 16/2 The remaining nine species..were recovered from large 20-litre samples and hand-picked material.

b. In more abstract contexts. Cf. hand-pick v. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > selecting > selected > with care or well

well-chosena1450

well-selected1607

bolteda1616

choicea1616

choice-drawna1616

hand-waled1671

well-packed1715

well-waled1718

pick1790

hand-picked1910

1910 Pearson's Mag. Mar. 295/3 Take, for example, your national senator—too often the handpicked lackey of a criminal trust.

1930 J. G. Frederick (title) Fifty hand-picked common stocks.

1969 J. Gross Rise & Fall Man of Lett. i. 13 Archaisms, hand-picked quotations, artful Jacobethan echoes.

1974 K. Tynan Let. 26 Sept. (1994) vii. 553 To..put together a hand-picked team of actors and technicians to carry out this delicate and difficult project.

2011 S. Faulhaber Verb Valency Patterns v. 296 The claims that are made are often based on a number of handpicked examples.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hand-picked
释义	hand-pickedadj. Brit. /ˌhan(d)ˈpɪkt/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˈpɪkt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., picked adj.¹ Etymology: < hand n. + picked adj.¹, after hand-pick v. 1. That has been picked by hand (in various senses of pick v.¹). Cf. hand-pick v. 1. ΚΠ 1780 S. Kellet et al. Compl. Coll. Cookery Receipts 122 Take then first walnuts, not bruis'd, but hand picked. 1824 Times 29 July 1/1 The supply of 1,800 tons of handpicked flints. 1871 Lancet Aug. 424/2 Now the oakum is being carded by machinery... I think it will probably take the place of hand-picked oakum. 1891 Homiletic Rev. June 495 It is the hand-picked fruit that keeps the longest. 1905 Amer. Nut Jrnl. Oct. 24/1 The machine-picked nuts..are never as marketable as the hand-picked nuts. 1963 Preserving Fiber Quality in Cotton Ginning (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 5/1 In the past, most hand-picked cotton was clean and dry enough for cotton-house storage. 2000 Marie Claire July 72 (advt.) Using only hand-picked native Catalunya grapes, the wine is made in the ‘traditional method’. 2. That has been selected carefully for a particular purpose. a. With actual use of the hand or a hand-held tool. Cf. hand-pick v. 2a. ΚΠ 1839 J. Tudor Let. 10 Oct. in House of Commons Papers (1845) 30 29 The advantage has been in favour of the new fuel even with hand-picked coal. 1861 Weekly Reporter 8 June 670/2 The iron so shipped was not wrought hand-picked scrap iron, but iron of an inferior quality. 1917 Rep. Royal Ont. Nickel Comm. No. 62. 114 Even this hand-picked product contains 14 to 35 per cent, or more of silica. 1971 T. G. Theodore & R. J. Roberts Geochem. & Geol. Deep Drill Holes Iron Canyon C107 Most handpicked specimens of vein quartz were selected from dumps. 2011 M. van der Veen Consumption, Trade & Innovation i. 16/2 The remaining nine species..were recovered from large 20-litre samples and hand-picked material. b. In more abstract contexts. Cf. hand-pick v. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > selecting > selected > with care or well well-chosena1450 well-selected1607 bolteda1616 choicea1616 choice-drawna1616 hand-waled1671 well-packed1715 well-waled1718 pick1790 hand-picked1910 1910 Pearson's Mag. Mar. 295/3 Take, for example, your national senator—too often the handpicked lackey of a criminal trust. 1930 J. G. Frederick (title) Fifty hand-picked common stocks. 1969 J. Gross Rise & Fall Man of Lett. i. 13 Archaisms, hand-picked quotations, artful Jacobethan echoes. 1974 K. Tynan Let. 26 Sept. (1994) vii. 553 To..put together a hand-picked team of actors and technicians to carry out this delicate and difficult project. 2011 S. Faulhaber Verb Valency Patterns v. 296 The claims that are made are often based on a number of handpicked examples. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1780
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