pickup

noun

1. 轻型货车；敞篷小货车；皮卡货车
   a vehicle with low sides and no roof at the back used, for example, by farmers
2. 偶然结识的调情者
   a person sb meets for the first time, for example in a bar, with whom they start a sexual relationship
   1. casual pickups
      游戏鸳鸯
3. 改进；好转；改善
   an improvement
   1. a pickup in the housing market
      房市景气的好转
4. 接人；收取物品；提货
   an occasion when sb/sth is collected
   1. Goods are delivered not later than noon on the day after pickup.
      货物递送不迟于收件后的第二天中午。
5. （唱机的）唱头，磁头
   the part of a record player or musical instrument that changes electrical signals into sound, or sound into electrical signals
6. （车辆的）加速能力
   a vehicle's ability to accelerate (= increase in speed)

adj.

1. 临时拼凑的；临时组织的
   often not planned in advance and that anyone who wants to can join in
   1. A group of kids started a pickup game of basketball on the street outside.
      一群孩子在外面开始了即兴街头篮球赛。

1. 皮卡；轻型货车
   A pick-up or a pick-up truck is a small truck with low sides that can be easily loaded and unloaded.
2. N-SING （贸易或经济的）好转，改善
   A pick-up in trade or in a country's economy is an improvement in it.
   1. ...a pick-up in the housing market...
      房地产市场的回暖
   2. The economy remains deep in recession with few signs of a pick-up.
      经济仍深陷衰退之中，几乎没有好转的迹象。
3. N-COUNT 接人；取走物品；提货
   A pick-up takes place when someone picks up a person or thing that is waiting to be collected.
   1. The company had pick-up points in most cities...
      这家公司在大部分城市都有提货点。
   2. Trains will operate from Waterloo with a pick-up stop at Ashford.
      火车从滑铁卢站出发，途中会在阿什福德站停靠上人。
4. N-COUNT （以发生性关系为目的的）搭识，搭讪
   When a pick-up takes place, someone talks to a person in a friendly way in the hope of having a casual sexual relationship with them.
   1. They had come to the world's most famous pick-up joint.
      他们已来到了世界上最著名的调情场所。

1. Her truck is a very large pickup which she drives at hair-raising speeds.
   她开一辆大货，开起来时速度快得吓人。
2. Frank Mariano negotiates the desert terrain in his battered pickup
   弗兰克·马里亚诺驾驶他那辆破烂不堪的皮卡车成功穿越了沙漠地带。
3. He pulled to a stop behind a pickup truck
   他在一辆皮卡货车后面停了下来。
4. We drove the pickup to the pond that day, looking over the livestock as we went.
   那天我们开了那辆小货车去池塘，一路上还查看了牲畜的情况。
5. Cowboys on horseback and some in pickup trucks chase the animals into corrals as part of this annual event.
   马背上的牛仔以及一些开皮卡车的牛仔在此每年一度的活动中把这些动物赶入畜栏。
6. It states the invention was intended to provide a combined finger rest and magnetic pickup for string musical instruments;
   国家的发明的目的是提供一个结合手指休息和磁感应乐器字符串；
7. Audio High Density. System of digital audio recording on grooveless discs, employing an electronically-guided capacitance pickup.
   音频高密度。非凹槽唱片上的数字音频录音系统，采用一种电子导向的电容拾音器。
8. Pickup Truck ( 10 points): Collect all pickups in the game.
   皮卡（10分）：在游戏中收集的所有的皮卡车。
9. So the pickup driver and the flatbed guy are in on it.
   所以小货车和卡车司机也参与进来了。
10. China's economy is now at the critical stage of pickup and structural adjustment.
    当前，我国经济正处在企稳回升和结构调整的关键时期。
11. You're so beautiful that you made me forget my pickup line.
    你这么漂亮我都忘了我的搭讪词了。
12. That was before the transmission went on the pickup.
    车子的传送带坏了后就没再去上过了。
13. Acoustic processing and echo control Sound pickup and playback is an important area of multimedia processing.
    声学处理和回声控制拾音和重放是多媒体处理的一个重要领域。
14. They found the pickup truck that was hijacked.
    他们找到被劫持的小货车了。
15. In the work items list, select the in-store pickup and create new client application work items.
    在“工作项”列表中，选择“存储拾取”和“创建新客户端应用程序”工作项。
16. I got a call for a pickup.
    有人订了我的车。
17. The DUTs and interconnect cabling should also be shielded to prevent noise pickup.
    DUT和互连电缆也应该是屏蔽的，防止拾取噪声。
18. Yes, I have the red Ford pickup.
    是的，那部红色“福特”小卡车是我的。
19. He fell out, and one of the pickup's back tires ran over him.
    他跌出，而其中一个回升的回轮胎辗过他。
20. If you increase the distance between the microphones you effectively decrease the pickup angle.
    如果你增加它们之间的距离麦克风，你有效地降低皮卡角。
21. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it.
    他们很快就驾驶一辆载货卡车，并发动了我的汽车。
22. A removable case containing the stylus and electric conversion circuitry in a phonograph pickup.
    留声机唱壁中装有唱针和变电圈的可移动的盒子。
23. You moved the student pickup to the north side of the school.
    你把学生的接送点移到了学校北边。
24. I have a house in the city and an investment property and a1972 Falcon pickup.
    我在城里有座自己住的房子，还有个投资的房产和一辆1972年的Falcon小货。
25. What did you lose? Your farm, your pickup?
    你失去了什么？你的农场，你的旧忆？
26. Analysis of factors of oxygen pickup in molten steel and corresponding measures based on experimental data are presented.
    依据实验数据计算结果，对钢液增氧的因素及其采取的相应措施进行了分析与探讨。
27. The pickup and delivery of farm produce.
    农产品的收取和运输。

noun

1. the act of taking aboard passengers or freight

2. the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
   1. garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays

3. an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable

   Synonym:    cartridge

4. a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard

   Synonym:    pickup truck

5. anything with restorative powers
   1. she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her

   Synonym:    pick-me-up

6. mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge

   Synonym:    tone armpickup arm

7. the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
   1. his car has a lot of pickup

   Synonym:    getaway

8. a warrant to take someone into custody
   1. put out a pickup on that man

9. a casual acquaintance