| 词汇 | 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账单接受下来。 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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