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n 用法:
1 (infml derog 口, 贬) person one has met casually, esp in a sexual context 偶然结识的人（尤指涉及性关系的）. 用法:
2 part of a record-player that holds the stylus 拾音器; 唱头. 用法:
3 (also `pick-up truck) small van or truck, open and with low sides, used by builders, farmers, etc 轻型小货车. =>illus at jeep 见jeep插图.
pick up
(a) become better; improve 好转; 改善:
The market always picks up in the spring. 一到春天市场就活跃了. *
We're waiting until the weather picks up a bit. 我们等到天气好些再说. *
The performance started badly but picked up towards the end. 演出开始时很差劲, 但近结尾处就好多了. *
Her health soon picked up after a few days' rest. 她休息了几天, 身体很快复元了.
(b) start again; continue 重新开始; 继续 :
We'll pick up where we finished yesterday. 我们从昨天停止的地方继续进行. pick oneself up get to one's feet, esp after a fall 站起来（尤指跌倒後）:
Pick yourself up and brush yourself down. 自己站起来, 把衣服掸乾净. pick sb up (a) give sb a lift in a car; collect sb 用汽车搭载某人或接某人:
I'll pick you up at 7 o'clock. 7点钟我开车来接你. *
He picked up a hitch-hiker. 他中途让个搭便车的人上了车.
(b) (infml often derog 口, 常作贬义) make the acquaintance of sb casually 偶然结识某人:
He picked up the girl at a college disco. 他在学校的迪斯科舞会上偶然结识了那姑娘. *
She's living with some man she picked up on holiday. 她与一个在假日认识的男人同住.
(C) rescue sb (eg from the sea) 救起某人（如从海上）:
The lifeboat picked up all the survivors. 救生船救起了全部幸存者.
(d) (of the police, etc) stop and seize sb (eg for questioning) （指警方等）逮捕某人（如为讯问）:
The police picked him up as he was trying to leave the country. 他正要离开该国时, 警方把他捉住了. *
He was picked up and taken for questioning. 他被拘捕接受审讯.
(e) reprimand sb 责备某人:
She picked him up for using bad language. 她指责他出言不逊. pick sb/sth up (a) take hold of and lift sb/sth 举起或抬起某人[某物]; 拿起; 拾起:
He picked up the child and put her on his shoulders. 他抱起孩子让她骑在自己的肩膀上. *
I picked up your bag by mistake. 我错拿了你的手提包. *
pick up a stitch, ie in knitting 补织一针（编织中） *
He picked up the book from the floor. 他从地板上把书拾起来. *
She picked up the telephone and dialled his number. 她拿起电话就拨了他的号码.
(b) see or hear sb/sth, esp by means of apparatus 见到, 听到（尤指藉助仪器）:
They picked up the yacht on their radar screen. 他们在雷达屏上看到了那艘游艇. *
I was able to pick you up on the short wave radio. 我能用短波收音机收听到你的信号. *
The equipment picked up the signal from the satellite. 这设备收到了卫星发出的信号. pick sth up (a) learn (a foreign language, a technique, etc) by practising 通过实践学会（外语、 技术等）:
She soon picked up French when she went to live in France. 她到法国居住後很快就学会了法语. *
The children have picked up the local accent. 孩子都学会了当地口音了. *
pick up bad habits 染上陋习.
(b) catch (an illness) 得, 染（疾病）:
pick up an infection, a cold, the flu, etc 受传染、 凉、 得流感.
(C) buy sth, esp cheaply or luckily 买到某物（尤指价廉或运气好）:
She picked up a valuable first edition at a village book sale. 她在乡村图书展销会上买到一本珍贵的首版书. *
They picked up most of the furniture at auctions in country towns. 他们大部分的家具都是在乡村镇上的拍卖处买的.
(d) hear or learn (gossip, news, etc) 听到（闲话等）; 获悉或打听到（消息等）:
He picked up an interesting piece of news. 他听到一则有趣的新闻. *
See if you can pick up anything about their future plans. 你看能不能打听到他们未来计画的消息.
(e) collect sth 取或收集某物:
I've got to pick up my coat from the cleaners. 我得到洗染店去取大衣了. *
I'll pick up (ie buy) something for dinner on my way home. 我在回家的路上要顺便买些东西做饭. *
We can pick up the tickets an hour before the play begins. 我们可以在话剧开演前一小时去取票.
(f) draw or derive sth 吸取或得到某物:
The trolley bus picks up current from an overhead wire. 无轨电车的电能是通过架空线供给的.
(g) find sth; locate sth; (re)join 发现某事物; 找到某事物; （重新）接合或会合:
pick up a trail, a scent 发现踪迹、 察出气味 *
pick up the track on the other side of the river 在河对岸发现踪迹. pick up with sb (often derog 常作贬义):
She's picked up with some peculiar people. 她勾搭上一些不三不四的人. |