| 单词 | pick up |
| 释义 | pick up 1．lift；take up；raise after a fall 拾起；拿起；跌倒后爬起 *The children picked up many sea shells at the seashore．孩子们在海边拾到很多贝壳。 *During the morning Mrs．Carter picked up sticks in the yard．早上卡特太太在院子里拾柴。 *He fell but at once picked himself up．他跌了一跤，但马上又爬了起来。 2． pay支付 *After lunch in the restaurant，Uncle Bob picked up the check．在餐馆吃完饭后，鲍勃叔叔付了饭钱。 *They offered to pick up the bill for all the expenses of the trip．他们表示愿意把全部旅行费用的帐单接受下来。 3．take on（开车）带人 *The train stopped to pick up passenger．火车停下来让乘客上车。 *I'll pick you up at your office．我到办公室来接你。 *At the corner the bus stopped and picked up three people．在街拐角处汽车停下来让3个人上车。 4． collect收集 *They picked up some rumours that the firm was going to close down．他们听到一些关于公司要倒闭的谣传。 *They are trying to pick up information．他们在设法收集情报。 *He picked up rare coins in seaports all over the world．他在世界各港口收集稀有硬币。 5． gather together收拾；整理 *It's almost dinner time， children．Time to pick up and get ready．快到吃饭时间了，孩子们。收拾收拾，准备开饭。 *Let's pick up the room before everyone arrives．我们在大家来之前把房间整理好吧。 *It's time to pick up tools and go home．现在是收拾工具回家的时候了。 6．get，learn accidentally 偶然得到（或学到、找到） *He never studied Japanese；what he knows is what he picked up while living in Japan．他从未正式学过日文，他所懂的一些日文是他居住在日本时随便学来的。 *He picked up a beautiful statue when he was in Rome．他在罗马时买到了一尊美丽的塑像。 *I picked up that volume in a secondhand book shop．那本书是我偶然在一家旧书店里找到的。 *He has picked up some bad habits at that club．他在那个俱乐部沾染上了一些坏习气。 7．make friends with与…交朋友 *Mother told Mary not to walk home by herself from the party be cause some strangers might try to pick her up．妈妈告诉玛丽舞会后不要独自步行回家，因为会有陌生人与她搭讪。 *I think she picked him up at a dance．我想她是在舞会上与他认识的。 8．arrest逮捕 *The main suspect in thr murder case was finally picked up by police in London yesterday．谋杀案中的主要嫌疑犯昨天在伦敦被警察抓住了。 *police picked the man up for burglary．警察因这男子盗窃而逮捕了他。 9．receive radio signals收到信号 With my new radio I can pick up stations all over Europe．我的新收音机可接收到欧洲所有的电台。 *The enemy planes are picked up by our radar installations．敌机被我们的雷达发现了。 10．rescue sb．from the water从水上救起 *AirSea Rescue picked up the downed airman after receiving an SOS message．空海营救队接到呼救信号后，在海上救起了被击落的飞行员。 *They picked up the survivors in the lifeboat．他们救起了救生艇里的幸存者。 11．find and travel along（a route，a trail， etc．）发现（道路、踪迹等）并沿着走 *State police picked up the bandits'trail．州警察发现了土匪的踪迹。 *We picked up the trail of the fugitives and soon overtook them．我们找到逃亡者的踪迹，不久就追上了他们。 12．continue or return to sth． after a break or interruption重新开始 *He picked up the story where he had left it the day before．他接着往下讲前天没讲完的故事。 *I found it difficult to pick up the discussion again after lunch．我发现午饭后再继续讨论很困难。 13．make sb．feel better使感觉好些 *Catherine was feeling very bad yesterday but has picked up a lot today．凯瑟琳昨天身体很不好，但今天觉得好多了。 *A bit of exercise will pick you up．你稍微运动运动会恢复健康的。 *A little food will pick you up．吃点东西会使你感觉好些。 14． become faster加快 *About a mile out of the station the train began to pick up speed．出站大约一英里，火车开始加速。 |
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