单词 | to pick in |
释义 | > as lemmasto pick in to pick in 1. transitive. To work in or fill in, in a painting or drawing. Also: = to pick out at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [verb (transitive)] > modify or insert detail touch1523 to touch in?1770 to pick in1836 1805 B. Latrobe Let. 8 July (1986) II. 98 The ridges of the ceiling pale blue, moulding white, the rose white, picked in with blue. 1836 B. H. Smart Walker Remodelled Pick,..that which is picked in, either by a point or by a pointed pencil. 1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight ii. 24 Then the shadows are ‘picked in’ by assistants. 1953 J. Lees-Milne Age of Inigo Jones iii. 79 John de Critz's original colour-scheme was a stony white, ‘the ground thereof picked in with fair bise’ (blue) and gold. 2. transitive. English regional. To pick or take hold of and bring in. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > bringing > bring [verb (transitive)] > in inleadc950 to pick in1891 1891 ‘Q’ Noughts & Crosses 251 My landlady was out in the garden, ‘picking in’ her week's washing from the thorn hedge. 1904 Daily Chron. 20 June 3/4 The man..who gets his boat broadside across the lock's entrance, and is superciliously ‘picked’ in by the..assistant. < as lemmas |
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