pickup

noun

/ˈpɪkʌp/

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(also pickup truck)
[countable] a vehicle with low sides and no roof at the back used, for example, by farmers轻型货车；敞篷小货车；皮卡货车
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
[countable] a person somebody meets for the first time, for example in a bar, with whom they start a sexual relationship偶然结识的调情者
- casual pickups游戏鸳鸯
[countable] pickup (in something) an improvement改进；好转；改善
- a pickup in the housing market房市景气的好转
[uncountable, countable] an occasion when somebody/something is collected接人；收取物品；提货
- Goods are delivered not later than noon on the day after pickup.货物递送不迟于收件后的第二天中午。
[countable] the part of a record player or musical instrument that changes electrical signals into sound, or sound into electrical signals（唱机的）唱头，磁头
[uncountable] (North American English) a vehicle’s ability to accelerate (= increase in speed)（车辆的）加速能力

adjective

/ˈpɪkʌp/

[only before noun] (North American English)

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(of a sports game体育比赛) often not planned in advance and that anyone who wants to can join in临时拼凑的；临时组织的
- A group of kids started a pickup game of basketball on the street outside.一群孩子在外面开始了即兴街头篮球赛。