| 单词 | pick-off |
| 释义 | pick-off[ pik-awf, -of ] / ˈpɪkˌɔf, -ˌɒf / nounBaseball. a play in which a base runner, caught off base, is tagged out by an infielder on a quick throw, usually from the pitcher or catcher. Electronics. a mechanism that senses mechanical motion and produces a corresponding electric signal. Origin of pick-offFirst recorded in 1935–40; noun use of verb phrase pick off Words nearby pick-offpickled, pickleworm, picklock, pick-me-up, pick 'n' mix, pick-off, pick of the litter, pick on, pick one's way, pick out, pick over Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for pick-offpick off verb(tr, adverb) to aim at and shoot one by one Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with pick-offpick off Shoot after singling out, as in The hunter picked off the ducks one by one. [Early 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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