pick

• 名词，指用于挑选、凿击或拨弄的工具或器物，如镐、拨片；也指挑选、选择或选择权。

A noun referring to a tool or instrument used for selecting, breaking, or plucking, such as a pickaxe or a guitar pick.

1. Choice or selectionA2formal

   The act of choosing or selecting something from a group.

   选择

   • You can have your pick of any book on the shelf.
   • She was given first pick of the available seats.
   • The store offers a wide pick of fresh produce.

   同义词choicedecisionoptionpreferenceselection

2. Tool for playing guitarB1informal

   A small, thin piece of plastic or metal used to pluck the strings of a guitar.

   拨片

   • He always carries a spare guitar pick in his pocket.
   • The musician dropped his pick during the performance.
   • She prefers using a thick pick for heavy metal music.

3. Tool for breaking ice or diggingB2formal

   A heavy tool with a pointed end, used for breaking up hard surfaces or digging.

   镐

   • The miner used a pick to break the rock.
   • He swung the pick into the frozen ground.
   • The ice pick was essential for climbing the glacier.

   同义词pickax

• 表示选择、挑选或采集某物的动词，也可表示拾起或拿起某物。

A verb used to indicate the act of selecting, choosing, or gathering something, or lifting something up.

1. Choose or selectA1formal

   To choose someone or something from a group.

   挑选

   • Please pick a card from the deck.
   • She picked the red dress for the party.
   • He was picked to lead the team.

   同义词chooseselectsingle out

   反义词declinerefusereject

2. Remove or takeA2formal

   To take something from a surface or container, often with your fingers.

   摘下

   • She picked the flowers from the garden.
   • He picked the lint off his jacket.
   • They picked the apples from the tree.

   同义词cullextractgatherharvestpluckremovetake

3. Play a musical instrumentB1informal

   To play a stringed instrument by plucking the strings with your fingers or a pick.

   弹奏弦乐器

   • He can pick a guitar really well.
   • She learned to pick the banjo in a few weeks.
   • The musician picked the strings gently.

   同义词pluckstrumtwang

短语动词变体pick atpick offpick outpick overpick up