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

单词	pick up
释义	pick up I. verb Etymology: Middle English piken up, from piken to pick + up — more at pick *transitive verb* 1. a. : to take up or lift from the ground or a low surface < picking up sticks for firewood > : lift or recover something dropped or fallen < bent to pick up his hat > < tripped and fell, picked himself up and ran on > b. : to take or accept with the purpose of paying < offered to pick up the bill for all expenses of the trip > c. : to do over (a dropped stitch) d. : to start (a knitting or crochet stitch) by inserting the needle into a loop of a finished stitch 2. a. : to take (passengers or freight) into a vehicle or ship b. : to rescue from the water < picked up by a passing freighter > 3. a. (1) : to get by bits : acquire or gain as occasions offer : acquire casually < picked up a few dollars doing odd jobs > (2) : to learn informally < pick up a trade > < where do you pick up such expressions > b. : to gather in or up one by one < time to pick up tools and go home > c. : to tidy up : put in order < this room must be picked up before the company comes > 4. a. : to happen upon or catch sight of < picked up the harbor lights > b. : to bring within the range of vision or audition (as by a telescope or radio) : discover or receive (as a radio wave or signal) by ear 5. a. : to enter informally into conversation or companionship with < had a brief affair with a girl he picked up in a bar > b. : to find or come upon and take into custody < picked up by the police for questioning > 6. a. : to come to and follow < picked up the trail of the fugitives > b. : to respond promptly to (an acting cue) < if he picks up his cue and speaks promptly he will kill the laugh — Henning Nelms > c. : to move in conjunction with in an athletic contest: as (1) : to move into position to guard (an opponent) (2) : to move so as to gain the protection of (a teammate) 7. : pilfer < didn't bother to pick up any other valuables — New York Times > 8. : to prepare (a meal) from materials at hand or already cooked 9. a. : to brace up : revive the spirits of < a bite of something might pick you up as well as me — Ellen Glasgow > b. : to increase the speed or tempo of < urging the band to pick it up > 10. : to resume (a narrative, an activity, or a relation) after a break < narrative switches back … to pick up its major characters — Eichard Sullivan > 11. : lift 12 *intransitive verb* 1. : to recover speed, vigor, or activity (as after a check or setback) < business began to pick up towards summer > : improve 2. : to gain speed : accelerate < to see how fast they can pick up from a standing start — Lamp > 3. : to strike up an acquaintance : enter informally on a relationship < the danger of picking up with anyone who happens to come along — Erle Stanley Gardner > 4. : to gather up or pack up one's belongings < many other Georgians had picked up and gone to Texas — Laura Krey > II. verb • - pick up on
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