英语词汇“to pick over”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

transitive. To survey or go through with a view to making a selection; to sort, select the best from; to pick all extraneous matter from (a crop, etc.).

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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose > pick out the best

garble1484

coil1607

cream1615

geld1637

cull1713

to pick over1732

1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia To Rdr. p. v A vast confus'd heap of unsorted Things, old and new, which you may pick over and make use of, according to your Judgment and Pleasure.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery viii. 71 Strew half a Pound of Currans clean washed and picked over, and half a Pound of Raisins stoned.

1780 Lett. & Papers Agric. I. 33 He also had the crop picked over and separated into two or three different sorts, which took up a considerable time.

1838 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 208 The labor of picking over, putting together, arranging, concocting, and digesting a grand historico-chronological hotchpotch.

1844 Norwalk (Ohio) Experiment 28 Feb. Persons who are supposed to have caught a disease from picking over some wool, which came from Smyrna, some months ago.

1881 E. Ingersoll Oyster-industry (10th Census U.S.: Bureau of Fisheries) 243 Culler, one who picks over oysters, or culls out the worthless and smaller ones.

1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl i. i. 6 She..picked over the herbs that were to be dried for tisane.

1971 Vogue Dec. 48/3 The geraniums had flowered once, and needed to be picked over to induce a second flowering.

1993 R. Lowe & W. Shaw Travellers 65 You make your way a lot by picking over the stuff that other people discard.

单词	to pick over
释义	> as lemmas to pick over to pick over transitive. To survey or go through with a view to making a selection; to sort, select the best from; to pick all extraneous matter from (a crop, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose > pick out the best garble1484 coil1607 cream1615 geld1637 cull1713 to pick over1732 1732 T. Fuller Gnomologia To Rdr. p. v A vast confus'd heap of unsorted Things, old and new, which you may pick over and make use of, according to your Judgment and Pleasure. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery viii. 71 Strew half a Pound of Currans clean washed and picked over, and half a Pound of Raisins stoned. 1780 Lett. & Papers Agric. I. 33 He also had the crop picked over and separated into two or three different sorts, which took up a considerable time. 1838 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 208 The labor of picking over, putting together, arranging, concocting, and digesting a grand historico-chronological hotchpotch. 1844 Norwalk (Ohio) Experiment 28 Feb. Persons who are supposed to have caught a disease from picking over some wool, which came from Smyrna, some months ago. 1881 E. Ingersoll Oyster-industry (10th Census U.S.: Bureau of Fisheries) 243 Culler, one who picks over oysters, or culls out the worthless and smaller ones. 1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl i. i. 6 She..picked over the herbs that were to be dried for tisane. 1971 Vogue Dec. 48/3 The geraniums had flowered once, and needed to be picked over to induce a second flowering. 1993 R. Lowe & W. Shaw Travellers 65 You make your way a lot by picking over the stuff that other people discard. extracted from pickv.¹ < as lemmas
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