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单词 pick-
释义

pick-comb. form

Stress is often attracted to this combining form.
Forms: see pick v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pick v.1
Etymology: < pick v.1Earliest in the 14th and 15th centuries in pickpurse n., pickthank n., pick-harness n. , pick-penny n. , although formations on the same pattern are apparently found from the 13th cent. as surnames: see discussion at pick v.1
Forming nouns and adjectives, chiefly where the second element would be the object of the verb to pick.
pickbrain n. and adj.
Brit. /ˈpɪkbreɪn/
,
U.S. /ˈpɪkˌbreɪn/
literary (a) n. a person who picks another's brains; (b) adj. (attributive), that picks one's brains.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > engaged in investigation
perquiring1598
exploratory1620
zetetic1645
zetetical1646
disquisitive1647
probing1749
disquisitorial1806
investigating1830
perusing1878
pickbrain1903
1903 A. Bierce in Coll. Wks. (1909) IV. 302 (title of poem) A pickbrain.
1934 D. Thomas 18 Poems 25 My pickbrain masters morsing on the stone Despair of blood, faith in the maiden's slime.
1946 Shakespeare Fellowship Q. 7 6 Another circumstance which undoubtedly has misled some of the earlier students of the relationship between King John and The Troublesome Raigne is the fact that the counterfeit here represents the best quality of workmanship that the Shakespearean pickbrains ever achieved.
1962 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 6 Mar. 4/2 Why is it, pick-brain psychologists, that some families move through life close-knit and unquestioning in affection and mutual respect, and others [etc.]?
1999 Times of India (Nexis) 26 Aug. Now, because dynamic new quizmasters like Giri the Pickbrain have come up with a brand new approach and more with-it questions, there is a quiz revival in the nation.
pick-fault n. and adj.
Brit. /ˈpɪkfɔːlt/
,
/ˈpɪkfɒlt/
,
U.S. /ˈpɪkˌfɔlt/
,
/ˈpɪkˌfɑlt/
now rare (a) n. a fault-finder; (b) adj. fault-finding (Obsolete).
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > captiously
captiousc1380
pick-fault1544
fastidious?1555
sharp-nosed1561
cavillous?1571
carpacious1574
cavillinga1576
find-fault1576
Zoilous1577
carpinga1586
exceptious1602
quarrellous1610
exceptive1623
Zoilitical1665
nibbling1691
pickthanking1830
Zoilean1846
snippy1848
nitpicking1948
nitpicky1962
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (intransitive)] > captiously
apeluchier1340
pinchc1387
pick-fault1544
carp1548
cavil1548
snag1554
nibblea1591
catch1628
momize1654
niggle1796
nag1828
to pick on ——1864
snark1882
knock1892
nitpick1962
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious
plucker-atc1500
pick-fault1544
pick mote1549
trip-taker1556
mome1563
Momus1563
Zoilus1565
find-fault1567
caviller1574
carper1579
sheep-biter?1589
Zoilist1594
momist1597
word-catcher1659
knocker1898
crabber1909
kvetch1936
tearer-downer1942
nitpicker1951
kvetcher1968
1544 Bk. Chyldren in T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe (new ed.) Pref. sig. Aiiv I neuer entended, nor yet do entend to satisfy ye mindes of any such pik-faultes.
1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 120 The Manichees, busy pickefault heretikes of that age.
1707 E. Ward London Terræ-filius No. 4. 15 That..she might..teach him, by her pick-fault Example, to over-look his own Errors, and rail the more heartily..at other Mens Failings.
1841 T. Agnew Poet. Wks. 90 Why should we flee, Though auld pick-faut should come an' glimmer Wi' ilka e'e?
2003 P. Newman F. Y. Edgeworth's ‘Math. Psychics’ p. xx He was both diffident and a pickfault, a maddening combination.
pick-free adj. Obsolete safe from being picked or plundered.
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a1652 R. Brome Court Begger Epil. sig. S7v, in Five New Playes (1653) You wil secure their Purses cut-free, and their pockts pick-free.
pick-harness n. Obsolete a person who strips the slain of their armour; (more generally) a despoiler.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > sacker, raider, or looter > [noun] > robber of slain
pick-harnessc1400
death-hunter1802
1312 Patent Roll, 5 Edward II 16 Mar. (P.R.O.: C 66/137) m. 15v Simon Pikharneis.]
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xx. 261 (MED) Alle other in bataille ben yholde bribours, Pilours and pykehernois [v.rr. Pykeharneys, Pykeharneyses; c1400 C text pyke-herneys].
a1425 Gloss. W. de Bibbesworth (All Souls) (1929) 302 (MED) Pike harnes [v.rr. glonden, piken; glossing Fr. espeluper, perh. misread as agent noun].
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 10 How! pike-harnes, how! com heder belife!]
pick mote n. Obsolete rare a person who draws attention to trivial faults in others (in 1549 as part of a humorous, mocking title).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious
plucker-atc1500
pick-fault1544
pick mote1549
trip-taker1556
mome1563
Momus1563
Zoilus1565
find-fault1567
caviller1574
carper1579
sheep-biter?1589
Zoilist1594
momist1597
word-catcher1659
knocker1898
crabber1909
kvetch1936
tearer-downer1942
nitpicker1951
kvetcher1968
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie (new ed.) 3rd Serm. sig. Fiii (margin) Kinges haue clawe backes & docter pyke mote & his fellowe aboute them.
pick-penny n. Obsolete a person who hoards or filches money in small amounts; = pinchpenny n.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > one who wants or acquires money > specific desirously or avariciously
pick-penny1440
scraper1561
grubber1578
coin-cormorant1594
purse-leech1605
purse-emptier1611
pouch-penny1629
purse-sucker1671
gruba1681
money-grub1768
money-grubber1825
scratch-penny1835
get-rich-quicker1914
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 397 Pykepeny [?a1475 Winch. Pikpeny], cupidinarius.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity ix. 143 [The Pope] sending out..his hungry Pick-peny's throughout the whole Pastorage of the Empire.
pick-point n. Obsolete (formerly) a children's game, apparently played with points (point n.1 23a).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others
buckle-pit1532
marrowbone1533
put-pin?1577
primus secundus1584
fox in the hole1585
haltering of Hick's mare1585
muss1591
pushpin1598
Jack-in-the-box1600
a penny in the forehead1602
buckerels1649
bumdockdousse1653
peck-point1653
toro1660
wheelbarrow1740
thread-needle1751
thrush-a-thrush1766
runaway ring?1790
Gregory1801
pick-point1801
fighting cocks1807
runaway knock1813
tit-tat-toe1818
French and English1820
honeypots1821
roly-poly1821
tickle-tail1821
pottle1822
King of Cantland1825
tip-top-castle1834
tile1837
statue1839
chip stone1843
hen and chickens1843
king of the castle1843
King Caesar1849
rap-jacket1870
old witch1881
tick-tack-toe1884
twos and threes1896
last across (the road)1904
step1909
king of the hill1928
Pooh-sticks1928
trick or treat1928
stare-you-out1932
king of the mountain1933
dab cricket1938
Urkey1938
trick-or-treating1941
seven-up1950
squashed tomato1959
slot-racing1965
Pog1993
knights-
1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod iv. iv. §16 Pick-point, Venter-point, Blow-point, and Gregory, occur in a description of the children's games in the sixteenth century.
pickproof adj.
Brit. /ˈpɪkpruːf/
,
U.S. /ˈpɪkˌpruf/
secure against being picked.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [adjective] > types of lock or door
keyless1781
keyed1836
unlockable1854
pickproof1861
1861 Sci. Amer. 24 Aug. 127/2 (advt.) Wanted, a reliable powder and pick-proof lock for fireproof safe.
1938 Fortune Sept. 14/2 Zion remembers a time two years ago when the Segal Lock & Hardware Co. sent him a pick-proof lock—which he picked.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 29 May 9/2 Eastside tailor seeks design for pick-proof man's hip pocket.
2002 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 22 June k7 What you need is a deadbolt with a pickproof lock, whose keys are grooved in several directions rather than just one.
pick-shelf n. Obsolete rare a stealer of items from shelves.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > petty thief or pilferer > [noun] > of provisions
pick-shelf1861
1861 L. L. Noble After Icebergs 295 The ship's cat..an incorrigible thief and pick-shelf, and bent on making the most of us while we last.
pickstraw n. [compare straw n.1 7] Obsolete a trifler.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious
pickstraw1580
Jack with the feather1581
fiddler1591
fribble1610
trifler1612
fribbler1712
toyer1814
frivolist1884
namby-pamby1885
frivoller1889
footler1891
frivol1959
1384–5 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 511 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 Pikestrawe [as a surname or nickname].]
1580 G. Harvey Let. to Spenser in Wks. (1884) I. 72 I know what peace and quietnes hath done with some melancholy pickstrawes in the world.
pick-thong n.
Brit. /ˈpɪkθɒŋ/
,
U.S. /ˈpɪkˌθɔŋ/
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/ˈpɪkˌθɑŋ/
English regional a variety of apple (not identified).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > other apples
Bretonc1390
stur1483
marigold apple1577
fritter1591
Margaret1597
critling1611
cat's-head1617
rosiar1620
rose apple1626
snouting1651
roundling1655
mayflower1664
red greening1664
seaming1664
sheep's snout1664
spicing apple1664
violet-apple1664
pomme d'api1676
rathe-ripe1677
rose1678
lady's finger1688
stone apple1736
sops-in-wine1764
stone pippin1769
Manx codlin1818
Rymer1820
Roxbury russet1826
souring1832
genet1833
tompot1836
Wagener1848
flesh and blood1853
pick-thong1871
virgin1886
Jon1931
Idared1942
1871 T. Hardy Desperate Remedies I. viii. 274 We are only just grinden down the early pick-thongs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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