单词 | pick at |
释义 | pick at (once / 9594 pages) 1v 2v WORD FAMILY pick at: picked at, picking at, picks at USAGE EXAMPLESBut it does pick at doubt in a spiritually similar way. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) A cover will be added to the belt to prevent people from picking at the leftovers. BBC(Nov 29, 2016) Should I carry on picking at petals, or just tell her how I feel? The Guardian(Nov 25, 2016) 1 1v eat like a bird The anorexic girl just picks at her food Syn|Hyper peck, peck at eat take in solid food 2v pluck or pull at with the fingers 2Syn|Hyper pluck at, pull at pull apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion v express a negative opinion of Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper belittle, disparage blandish, flatter praise somewhat dishonestly pan, tear apart, trash express a totally negative opinion of discredit, disgracedamage the reputation of deprecate, depreciate, vilipendbelittle belittle, denigrate, derogate, minimizecause to seem less serious; play down deflate, puncturereduce or lessen the size or importance of talk downbelittle through talk criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。