pick up 1. 拿起，拾起，捡起： 例句: He picked up his hat and went away. 他拾起帽子，走了。 2. (用鹤嘴锄等)挖地： 例句: The frozen water surface will have to be picked up by hand. 封冻水面必须用鹤嘴锄挖掘。 3. (跌倒后)使(自己)起来，再爬起来： 例句: He picked himself up and walked on with weak knees. 他站了起来，双膝无力地继续向前走。 4. (尤指偶然地、无意地、不费劲地)得到；偶然获得，偶然找到；无意地学会(技术、语言、游戏等)；无师自通地学会；理解；懂得；意识到；注意到： 例句: She picks up a lot of imformation. 她偶然得到许多信息。 5. 停下来把…带走；中途把…带走： 例句: Will you please pick up my parcel at the post office as you pass by? 请你路过邮局时把我的包裹带回来好吗? 6. 把(某人)拘留起来；逮捕；捉到；拿获(罪犯等)： 例句: The prisoners who had missed from the place of reform through labour were picked up within 24 hours. 从劳改场所逃走的囚犯在24小时之内被捉到了。 7. 增加(速度或冲力)；增加…的速度；(发动机)增速： 例句: We picked up speed as we went downhill. 下山时我们的速度加快了。 8. (病后)恢复健康、体力等；好转： 例句: This tonic should pick you up . 这种补药会增强你的体质。 9. 中断后重新开始(活动、叙述等)；重新开始： 例句: The engine coughed for a few minutes,and then picked up. 发动机嘭嘭地响了几分钟，然后又重新开动了。 10. (在广播、电视里)收听、收看到；(用雷达、探照灯等)看到，偶然发现： 例句: I picked up Radio Beijing last night. 昨晚我收听到了北京电台广播。 11. 找到(路线、踪迹等)并沿着它走： 例句: The hound picked up the fox's smell and started to chase after it. 猎犬嗅出了狐狸的气味，便开始跟踪追赶。 12. (从海里)救起： 例句: The shipwrecked sailors were picked up by a passing boat. 一艘路过的船只把失事船的水手救了起来。 13. [美国英语]把房间等收拾干净；整理： 例句: Time to pick up and get ready for dinner. 把东西收拾起来，准备吃饭了。 14. 把(货物)装进车辆或船只；(车、船等)中途搭人(或货)： 例句: It's not safe to travel by standing at the road side hoping to be picked up by passing motorists. 旅行时站在路旁希望过路车捎带是不安全的。 15. 在运动竞赛中配合着…行动；阻止(对手)得胜；为保护(同队队员)而采取行动 16. (偶然、随便地)结识、结交(尤指结交与之发生性关系的异性)： 例句: He went home with a girl he'd picked up at a party. 他带着一个在宴会上结识的姑娘回家。 17. 收进或接受(账单)准备付款： 例句: It is the custom for the new wife's father to pick up the bill for the wedding. 由新娘的父亲承担婚礼的费用这是个惯例。 18. 迅速地对(舞台提示)作出反应 19. 小偷小摸： 例句: He picked up a passenger's bag. 他偷了一位乘客的皮包。 20. 用现有的材料或已煮好的食物凑出(一顿饭菜) 21. (编织)补上(漏掉的一针)： 例句: It's very difficult to pick up dropped stitches in this pattern. 这种式样的针脚掉了，要想补上是很困难的。 22. 恢复…的精神，振作(精神)，鼓起(勇气)： 例句: A bite of something might pick you up. 吃一点东西也许能使你振作起来。 23. 想尽办法寻找，四处收集 24. (生意)逐渐好转；使好起来： 例句: Trade has been slack for the past year,but it is now picking up. 一年来生意一直不景气，不过现在好起来了。 25. [口语]谋(生)；挣(工资)： 例句: Besides his regular wages,the chauffeur picks up money in tips. 那位司机除领取正常工资之外，还可以收点小费。 26. (便宜地)得到： 例句: My friend knows where he can pick up a good used car for you at a reasonable price. 我朋友知道他能在哪儿以合理的价格为你买一辆好的二手车。 27. [口语]纠正，改正；训斥，责骂： 例句: While reading this book, I have pick up more than one hundred printing mistakes. 读这本书时，我已经改正了一百多个印刷错误。 28. 【高尔夫球】拾起球： 例句: He “picked up” during the 1921 British Open in a fit of pique. 他在1921年的英国高尔夫球公开赛期间愤愤地“拾起了球”。pick off 1. 掐下，摘下，摘掉(水果、花朵等)： 例句: It took him quite some time to pick off the burs that had stuck to his coat. 花了好长时间他才把粘在衣服上的刺摘掉。 2. 逐个地(或有选择地)瞄准射杀： 例句: The sniper picked off the enemy soldiers as they tried to leave their hut. 当敌人士兵企图离开营房时，狙击手将他们一个一个地瞄准射死。 3. [美国英语]【棒球】突然传杀(指投手或投手突然传杀缺乏警惕的跑垒员)，封杀出局： 例句: The pitch turned around suddenly and threw to the second baseman to pick the runner off second base. 投手突然回身投向二垒手，于是在二垒上将对方封杀出局。 4. 【足球】拦截，截住(对方传球)： 例句: Alert defenders picked off three of Black's passes. 机警的后卫截住了布莱克的三次传球。