| 单词 | pick at something |
| 释义 | pick at something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpick at something phrasal verb1 EATto eat only small amounts of food because you do not feel hungry or do not like the foodPaige could only pick at her meal, forcing down a mouthful or two.2 TOUCHto touch something many times with your fingers, pulling it slightlyShe was picking at her skirt. → pick→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuspick at • If not, she will pretend to look straight through him and pick at a plant leaf hoping he will go away.• Sometimes she picks at her fingers.• At dinner Norm had seconds of everything, but Benjy only picked at his food.• I pictured myself picking at least three hundred pounds a day and took the job.• A glow that came down over the trees, and picked at the burn, and spilled through my bedroom window.• Check for birds picking at the water.• I started to pick at them.• Mushroom picking at Wilgro Mushrooms at Wath, near Ripon. |
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