pick up
phrasal verbpick up
to get better, stronger, etc.; to improve 改善;好转;增强 Trade usually picks up in the spring. 贸易一般在春天回升。 The wind is picking up now. 现在风愈刮愈大了。 Sales have picked up 14 per cent this year. 今年销售额增长了14%。
- (informal)
to start again; to continue 重新开始;继续 - (especially North American English, informal)
to put things away and make things neat, especially for somebody else (为某人)收拾,整理
pick up | pick something up
pick somebody up
to go somewhere in your car and collect somebody who is waiting for you synonym collectTopics Transport by car or lorryb1(开车)接人 to allow somebody to get into your vehicle and take them somewhere Topics Transport by car or lorryb1让人乘车;搭载 to rescue somebody from the sea or from a dangerous place, especially one that is difficult to reach (从海里或危险处)营救,搭救 - (informal, often disapproving)
to start talking to somebody you do not know because you want to have a sexual relationship with them related noun pickup(猥亵地与生人)搭讪,勾搭 - (informal)
(of the police )警方 to arrest somebody 逮捕;抓捕 to make somebody feel better related noun pick-me-up使人觉得舒服;提神
pick somebody/something up
to take hold of somebody/something and lift them/it up 拿起;举起;提起 Extra ExamplesHe picked the pan up carefully by the handle. 他握着锅把儿小心地把锅端了起来。 I hurriedly picked up the receiver. 我赶紧拿起听筒。 I idly picked up a magazine and flicked through it. 我漫不经心地拿起一本杂志翻看着。 Rather gingerly, George picked up the tiny bundle. 乔治小心翼翼地拿起那一小包东西。 She gently picked up a plate and examined it. 她轻轻地拿起一个盘子审视了一下。 She stooped down to pick up a stone. 她弯腰捡起一块石头。 She stooped to pick the book up off the floor. 她俯身把书从地板上拾起来。
pick something up
to get information or a skill by chance rather than by making a deliberate effort (偶然)得到,听到,学会 to identify or recognize something 辨认;识别出 to collect something from a place related noun pickup取回;收集 to receive an electronic signal, sound or picture 接收(信号、声音、图像等) - (informal)
to buy something, especially cheaply or by chance (碰巧或廉价地)买到 - (informal)
to get or obtain something 得;感染;得到 to find and follow a route 找到;跟踪;追寻 to return to an earlier subject or situation in order to continue it synonym take up回到(本题);恢复原状 He picks up this theme again in later chapters of the book. 在该书的后几章,他又重回到这个主题上。 She left the band in 2006 to pick up her career as a solo performer. 她于2006年离开乐队,开始了自己的独奏生涯。
to notice something that is not very obvious; to see something that you are looking for 察觉;发现;注意到 - (especially North American English)
to put things away neatly 收拾;整理 - (North American English)
to put things away and make a room neat 收拾房间 to pick up a room 整理房间