Pick up

pick up

v.

掘地, 捡起, 获得, 使恢复精神, 加快, 看到, 随便地认识, 加速

To take up (something) by hand:

拿起：用手拿起（某物）：

pick up a book.

捡起一本书

To collect or gather:

收集或聚集：

picked up the broken pieces of glass.

拾起玻璃碎片

To tidy up:

整理，收拾：

Let's pick up the living room.

我们收拾一下卧室吧

To take on (passengers or freight, for example):

承载（客人，货物等）：

The bus picks up commuters at three stops.

公共汽车在三个站载送通勤者

接送小孩:

TO pick up the children.

Informal非正式用语

To acquire casually or by accident:

不经意得到：随便或偶然地获得：

picked up a mink coat on sale.

拍卖时随手买了一件貂皮大衣

To acquire (knowledge) by learning or experience:

学得：通过学习或经历获得（知识）：

picked up French very quickly.

很快地学起法语来

To claim:

认领，索取：

picked up her shoes at the repair shop.

在修鞋铺领回鞋子

To buy:

购买：

picked up some beverages on the way home.

在回家的路上买些饮料

To accept (a bill or charge) in order to pay it:

付帐：为买某物而付（款或账）：

Let me pick up the tab.

我来付计程车的钱

To come down with (a disease):

染上（病）：

picked up a virus in the office.

在办公室染上病毒

To gain:

获得，赢得：

picked up five yards on that play.

在那次游戏中获得五码

Informal To take into custody:

非正式用语 监护，逮捕，拘捕：

The coast guard picked up five smugglers.

海岸检查官拘捕了五个走私犯

Slang To make casual acquaintance with, usually in anticipation of sexual relations.

【俚语】 勾搭：与…偶然结识，常指期望在性关系中结识

To come upon and follow:

追踪：偶然遇上并跟随：

The dog picked up the scent.

狗追着气味走

To come upon and observe:

发现：偶然遇到并观测：

We picked up two submarines on sonar.

我们用声波定位仪观察到两条潜水艇

To continue after a break:

恢复：休息后继续：

Let's pick up the discussion after lunch.

我们吃过午饭再继续讨论吧

Informal To improve in condition or activity:

非正式用语 有起色，改善：

Sales picked up last fall.

去年的销售有起色

Slang To pack one's belongings:

俚语 收拾行李：收拾某人的东西：

She just picked up and left.

她收拾了一下行李就走了

pick and choose

To select with great care.

很细心地挑选

pick holes in

To seek and discover flaws or a flaw in:

挑剔：在…寻找或发现一个或几个错误：

picked holes in the argument.

在讨论中找错

pick (one's) way

To find passage and make careful progress through it:

寻找出路：找出路并通过此路谨慎前进：

picked her way down the steep bank.

沿着陡峭河岸慢慢前行

pick (someone) to pieces

To criticize sharply.

责骂：严厉批评

pick up on非正式用语

To take into the mind and understand, typically with speed:

迅速理解：了解到或理解，尤指很快地理解：

picked up on the new approach and applied it to the project.

很快地了解了新方法并把它应用于这个项目中

To notice:

注意到：

learned to pick up on his superior's moods and act accordingly.

学会注意上级的情绪并见机行事