单词 | pickup |
释义 | All related terms of 'pickup'pickup (pɪkʌp) Word forms: pickups 1. countable noun A pickup or a pickup truck is a small truck with low sides that can be easily loaded and unloaded. 2. singular noun A pickup in trade or in a country's economy is an improvement in it. ...a pickup in the housing market. 3. countable noun A pickup takes place when someone picks up a person or thing that is waiting to be collected. The company had pickup points in most cities. pickup in American English (ˈpɪkˌʌp) noun 1. the act of picking up, as in fielding a rapidly rolling baseball 2. the process or power of increasing in speed; acceleration 3. US a small, open truck with low sides, for hauling light loads : in full pickup truck4. Informal a. a casual or informal acquaintance, as one formed with hope of sexual activity b. a person with whom such an acquaintance is formed 5. US, Informal improvement or recovery, as in trade 6. US, Informal a. a stimulant; bracer b. stimulation 7. a. in an electric phonograph, a device that produces audio-frequency currents from the vibrations of a needle or stylus moving in a record groove b. the pivoted arm holding this device 8. a. the reception of sound or light for conversion into electrical energy in the transmitter b. the apparatus used for this c. any place outside a studio where a broadcast originates d. the electrical system connecting this place to the broadcasting station 9. a small microphone attached to a vibrating surface, as in an electric guitar adjective Informal 10. assembled informally for a single engagement, contest, etc. a pickup jazz band or baseball team 11. of a game or job performed or played by those assembled in this way 12. designating a window at a restaurant where prepared food can be bought by customers in cars Examples of 'pickup' in a sentence |
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