pick up

1. PHRASAL VERB 拿起；提起；拾起；捡起
   When you pick something up, you lift it up.
   1. He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head...
      他从地板上拾起帽子，重新戴在头上。
   2. Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it.
      里德利拿起一支铅笔，不停地在手里摆弄着。
2. PHRASAL VERB （跌倒或被击倒后）使（自己）慢慢站起（或爬起）
   When you pick yourself up after you have fallen or been knocked down, you stand up rather slowly.
   1. Anthony picked himself up and set off along the track.
      安东尼自己慢慢爬起来，又开始沿着跑道跑下去。
3. PHRASAL VERB （通常指开车）接载，取走
   When you pick up someone or something that is waiting to be collected, you go to the place where they are and take them away, often in a car.
   1. We drove to the airport the next morning to pick up Susan...
      我们第二天早晨开车去机场接苏姗。
   2. She went over to her parents' house to pick up some clean clothes...
      她去了趟父母家取些干净衣服。
   3. I picked her up at Covent Garden to take her to lunch with my mother.
      我在科文特花园接上了她，然后带她和我母亲一起去吃午饭。
4. PHRASAL VERB 逮捕；拘捕
   If someone is picked up by the police, they are arrested and taken to a police station.
   1. Rawlings had been picked up by police at his office...
      罗林斯已在办公室遭警察拘捕。
   2. The police picked him up within the hour.
      警察不到一小时就将他逮捕了。
5. PHRASAL VERB （不费力地）获得，学会
   If you pick up something such as a skill or an idea, you acquire it without effort over a period of time.
   1. Where did you pick up your English?...
      你在哪儿学的英语？
   2. Young people are picking up ideas about good drugs and bad drugs.
      年轻人正在形成毒品有好坏之分的观念。
6. PHRASAL VERB （以发生性关系为目的）搭识，与…搭讪
   If you pick up someone you do not know, you talk to them and try to start a sexual relationship with them.
   1. He had picked her up at a nightclub on Kallari Street, where she worked as a singer.
      他是在卡拉里街的一家夜总会和她搭上的，她在那儿当歌手。
7. PHRASAL VERB 得（病）；染上（疾病）
   If you pick up an illness, you get it from somewhere or something.
   1. They've picked up a really nasty infection from something they've eaten.
      他们因吃错东西而得了很严重的感染症。
8. PHRASAL VERB 接收到（信号或声音）
   If a piece of equipment, for example a radio or a microphone, picks up a signal or sound, it receives it or detects it.
   1. We can pick up Italian television...
      我们能收看到意大利电视台的节目。
   2. The crew of Philante picked up a distress signal from the yacht Sans Peur III.
      “菲蓝特”的船员接收到了“无畏者三号”游艇发出的遇险信号。
9. PHRASAL VERB 发现，找到，识别（特点或模式）
   If you pick up something, such as a feature or a pattern, you discover or identify it.
   1. Consumers in Europe are slow to pick up trends in the use of information technology.
      欧洲消费者在辨别信息技术应用的潮流上表现迟缓。
10. PHRASAL VERB 重提，接过（观点或话题）
    If someone picks up a point or topic that has already been mentioned, or if they pick up on it, they refer to it or develop it.
    1. Can I just pick up that gentleman's point?...
       我能接着那位先生的意思往下说吗？
    2. I'll pick up on what I said a couple of minutes ago.
       我将回到几分钟前我说过的内容。
11. PHRASAL VERB （贸易或经济）好转，改善
    If trade or the economy of a country picks up, it improves.
    1. Chinese officials hope that trade will pick up when the two countries switch to hard currency...
       中方官员希望两国在转向使用硬通货后，贸易会有起色。
    2. Industrial production is beginning to pick up.
       工业生产开始好转。
12. PHRASAL VERB （健康）好转，恢复
    If someone picks up, or their health picks up, they get better.
    1. A good dose of tonic will help you to pick up.
       一剂好的补品将有助于身体康复。
13. PHRASAL VERB 指出…的错误；纠正
    If you pick someone up on something that they have said or done, you mention it and tell them that you think it is wrong.
    1. ...if I may pick you up on that point...
       请允许我指出你在那一点上的错误…
    2. Don't pick me up on words.
       不要挑我的措词。
14. See also: pick-up

1. He raced to pick up the lifejackets while his stepmother sent out a Mayday call.
   他的继母发出无线电求救信号的时候，他飞跑着去拿救生衣。
2. How dare you pick up the phone and listen in on my conversations!
   你竟敢拿起电话偷听我的谈话！
3. The directional microphone trained on Foresters Cottage could pick up every word uttered inside at several hundred yards.
   对准福雷斯特小屋的定向扩音器在几百码远的地方也能捕捉到里面的人所说的任何一句话。
4. The Government's political enemies were quick to pick up on this series of disasters.
   政府的政敌迅速借这一系列灾难向政府发难。
5. They depend on the goodwill of visitors to pick up rubbish.
   他们相信游客会自觉捡起垃圾。
6. Do we try and prevent problems or do we try and pick up the pieces afterwards?
   我们是想要防患未然呢，还是想要事后收拾残局？
7. Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it.
   里德利拿起一支铅笔，不停地在手里摆弄着。
8. Anthony picked himself up and set off along the track.
   安东尼自己慢慢爬起来，又开始沿着跑道跑下去。
9. We drove to the airport the next morning to pick up Susan
   我们第二天早晨开车去机场接苏姗。
10. She went over to her parents 'house to pick up some clean clothes
    她去了趟父母家取些干净衣服。
11. I picked her up at Covent Garden to take her to lunch with my mother.
    我在科文特花园接上了她，然后带她和我母亲一起去吃午饭。
12. Rawlings had been picked up by police at his office
    罗林斯已在办公室遭警察拘捕。
13. The police picked him up within the hour.
    警察不到一小时就将他逮捕了。
14. Where did you pick up your English?
    你在哪儿学的英语？
15. Young people are picking up ideas about good drugs and bad drugs.
    年轻人正在形成毒品有好坏之分的观念。
16. He had picked her up at a nightclub on Kallari Street, where she worked as a singer.
    他是在卡拉里街的一家夜总会和她搭上的，她在那儿当歌手。
17. They've picked up a really nasty infection from something they've eaten.
    他们因吃错东西而得了很严重的感染症。
18. We can pick up Italian television
    我们能收看到意大利电视台的节目。
19. The crew of Philante picked up a distress signal from the yacht Sans Peur III.
    “菲蓝特”的船员接收到了“无畏者三号”游艇发出的遇险信号。
20. Consumers in Europe are slow to pick up trends in the use of information technology.
    欧洲消费者在辨别信息技术应用的潮流上表现迟缓。
21. Can I just pick up that gentleman's point?
    我能接着那位先生的意思往下说吗？
22. I'll pick up on what I said a couple of minutes ago.
    我将回到几分钟前我说过的内容。
23. Chinese officials hope that trade will pick up when the two countries switch to hard currency
    中方官员希望两国在转向使用硬通货后，贸易会有起色。
24. Industrial production is beginning to pick up.
    工业生产开始好转。
25. A good dose of tonic will help you to pick up.
    一剂好的补品将有助于身体康复。
26. The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair and stitch up again
    外科医生会拿起他的工具，探查、修复然后再重新缝合。
27. Pick up a quart of milk or a loaf of bread.
    拿1夸脱牛奶或一条面包。
28. He stooped to pick up the carrier bag of groceries
    他俯下身去提装着食品杂货的购物袋。
29. It is not just a little trick you can pick up in half an hour.
    这不是你半个小时就能学会的小窍门。
30. He is beginning to pick up after the operation.
    手术后他的病有了起色。

verb

1. gain or regain energy
   1. I picked up after a nap

   Synonym:    perk upperkpercolategain vigor

2. improve significantly
   1. Her performance in school picked up

   Synonym:    turn around

3. lift out or reflect from a background
   1. The scarf picks up the color of the skirt
   2. His eyes picked up his smile

4. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
   1. I learned that she has two grown-up children
   2. I see that you have been promoted

   Synonym:    learnhearget wordget windfind outget a linediscoversee

5. eat by pecking at, like a bird

   Synonym:    peck

6. take up by hand
   1. He picked up the book and started to read

7. take into custody
   1. the police nabbed the suspected criminals

   Synonym:    collarnailapprehendarrestnabcop

8. fill with high spirits
   1. Music can uplift your spirits

   Synonym:    elatelift upupliftintoxicate

9. give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift
   1. We picked up a hitchhiker on the highway

10. take and lift upward

    Synonym:    lift upgather up

11. register (perceptual input)
    1. pick up a signal

    Synonym:    receive

12. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
    1. I caught the aroma of coffee
    2. He caught the allusion in her glance
    3. ears open to catch every sound
    4. The dog picked up the scent
    5. Catch a glimpse

    Synonym:    catch

13. buy casually or spontaneously
    1. I picked up some food for a snack

14. gather or collect
    1. You can get the results on Monday
    2. She picked up the children at the day care center
    3. They pick up our trash twice a week

    Synonym:    collectgather upcall for

15. get in addition, as an increase
    1. The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home

16. meet someone for sexual purposes
    1. he always tries to pick up girls in bars