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pick someone/something up


phrasal verb with pickverbuk /pɪk/ us /pɪk/

(LIFT)


A2
to lift someone or something using your hands: 举起;抱起;提起
If she starts to cry, pick her up and give her a cuddle.如果她哭了的话,把她抱起来搂一搂。
I picked up the kids' clothes that were lying on the floor.我把地板上孩子们的衣服捡了起来。
I went to pick up the phone/receiver, but it had stopped ringing.我去接电话,但已经不响了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to move from a lower position to a higher position
liftI can't lift my arm past this point without pain.
raiseRaise your hand if you have a question, please.
elevatePut pressure on the wound and keep the injured limb elevated.
pick upIf the baby cries, pick him up and cuddle him.
scoop upShe scooped up the crying toddler and carried him off to his cot.
Keep your fingers away from the crab's claws when you pick it up.抓螃蟹时,别用手指触碰它的钳子。
I can't pick the kettle up - the handle's too hot.我没法拿起茶壶,壶柄太烫了。
Could you pick the phone up for me - my hands are wet.你能帮我把电话听筒拿起来吗——我的手是湿的。
The child reached down and picked up the kitten.
He picked up the baby and gently rocked her to sleep.他抱起了婴儿轻轻摇着哄她入睡。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Raising and lowering
depress
elevate
elevated
hike
hike something up
hoick
hoist
hold
hold up
jack
lift
prise
prize
pry
put something up
raise
re-erect
ride
ride up
winch

(COLLECT)


A2
to collect, or to go and get, someone or something: 接(某人);取(某物)
When you're in town could you pick up the books I ordered?你进城时能帮我取一下我订购的书吗?
Whose turn is it to pick the children up after school?该谁去接孩子放学了?
The crew of the sinking tanker were picked up (= saved from the sea) by helicopter.即将沉没的油轮上的船员被直升机救了上来。
Could you pick up my suit from the cleaner's for me, please?请你帮我把西装从干洗店取回来,好吗?
I'll come and pick you up in the car if you like.要是你愿意,我开车来接你。
Drop by and pick up that book sometime.什么时候有空就来取那本书。
I'll come back and pick you up in half an hour.我半小时后回来接你。
You can pay now or when you come back to pick up the paint.你可以现在付款,也可以等你回来取油漆时再付。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Transferring and transporting objects
air freight
bear
bearer
borne
bring
budge
carry
conveyance
heft
hump
import
light speed
manhandle
paper round
payload
pick
shunt
transference
truck
wheel

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Meeting people

pick something up


phrasal verb with pickverbuk /pɪk/ us /pɪk/

(LEARN)


B2
to learn a new skill or language by practising it rather than being taught it: (通过练习而)学会
Don't bother with the computer manual - you'll pick it up as you go along.别费神看计算机手册了——练练就会了。
When you live in a country you soon pick up the language.如果你住在某个国家的话,很快就能学会该国的语言。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to learn something
learnI'm learning how to play the piano.
studyI'm studying Italian right now.
masterShe lived in Italy for several years but never quite mastered the language.
pick upWhen you live in a country, you soon pick up the language.
familiarize yourself withHe prepared for the interview by familiarizing himself with the company's work.
get the hang of something"I've never used this software before." "Don't worry, you'll soon get the hang of it."
to learn interesting or useful information from someone or something: 获悉;得知
The nurse had picked up the information from a conversation she overheard.护士是从偶然听到的谈话中得知这一消息的。
"Where does he pick up words like that?" "It's the company he keeps."“他从哪儿学的那种话?”“从他结交的朋友那里。”
It only took me an hour to pick up the rudiments of skiing.
Don't worry if it seems difficult at first, you'll soon pick things up.
I picked up a bit of Italian when I was staying in Pisa.
I want to watch what you're doing to see if I can pick up any tips.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Learning & knowing
absorptive capacity
achievement gap
acquirable
acquire
acquisition
bone
hit the booksidiom
know better (than someone)idiom
know better (than to do something)idiom
know something from something
know something like the back of your handidiom
know your way around somethingidiom
orientation
recognition
recognize
study under someone
subskill
subspeciality
subspecialize
subspecialty

(BUY)


to buy something cheaply: (便宜地)买到
pick up a bargainShe picked up some real bargains in the sale.她在减价时买了几件非常便宜的东西。
Synonyms
acquire
buy(PAY FOR)
purchaseformal
snap something upinformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to buy something
buyI need to buy some new shoes.
getI need to go to the supermarket and get some bread.
purchaseShe purchased a new computer.
pick something upCan you just pop in the shop and pick up some eggs?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Buying
acquirable
acquire
acquisition
acquisitiveness
bidding
bidding war
extravagance
load up on something
make a down payment on something
misorder
money-off
order form
purchasing power
repurchase
retail therapy
ROBO
ROPO
send
slate
splurge

(WIN)


to win or get a prize or something that gives you an advantage, such as votes or support: 赢得,获得(奖品、选票或支持)
The People's Front expect to pick up a lot more votes in this year's elections.人民阵线在今年大选中获得的选票有望大幅增加。
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Getting, receiving and accepting
acquirable
acquire
acquisition
awardee
carve
draw
earn
get back
get out of something
get/lay/put your hands on someoneidiom
glom onto something/someone
go to someone
pocket
score
screw something out of someone
secure
seize
seize on/upon something
snap something up
snatch

(SIGNAL)


(of a piece of electrical equipment) to receive a signal: (电子设备)接收(信号)
pick something up on somethingCan you pick up (= receive broadcasts from) Moscow on your radio?你的收音机能收到莫斯科的广播吗?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Communications - general words
anti-satellite
app
autodial
autodialler
bar
cybernetics
hack
multimode
multipath
noise
non-computer
non-network
patch
patch someone through
satellite
silent
webchat
Zoom bomb
Zoombomber
Zoombombing

(NOTICE)


to notice and react to something: 注意到;察觉;看到
Police dogs picked up the scent of the two men from clothes they had left behind.警犬从那两名男子留下的衣服上闻出了他们的气味。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Using the eyes
accommodate
accommodation
all eyes are on someone/somethingidiom
astigmatic
beholder
cast
corner
discern
fix
glare
penetrating
perceive
re-sight
rest on someone/something
resurvey
rubbernecking
scope
sighting
spot
tab

(ILLNESS)


to catch an illness from someone or something, caused by bacteria or a virus: 感染病毒;得了…病
He picked up malaria when he was visiting the country on business.他到该国出差时染上了疟疾。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Being & falling ill
acquire
be a martyr to somethingidiom
be green around the gillsidiom
be hangingidiom
be laid upidiom
be out of sortsidiom
bring
declension
develop
lay someone up
martyr
not a hundred percentidiom
pick
predisposed
present
serious
shiver
sicken
strike
succumb

pick (something) up


phrasal verb with pickverbuk /pɪk/ us /pɪk/
to start something again after an interruption: 重新开始,继续
The author picks the same theme up again on page ten.作者在第10页又谈到同一主题。
pick up where someone left offLet's pick up where we left off yesterday.我们接着昨天的话题谈下去吧。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Starting again
back to square oneidiom
continue
get back to someone
go back to someone
go on
reboot
reborn
recommence
recommencement
recreation
reinitiate
reinstitute
reoccur
reoccurrence
reopen
reset
restart
slate
start
with the slate wiped cleanidiom

pick someone up


phrasal verb with pickverbuk /pɪk/ us /pɪk/

(POLICE)


UKinformal
(of the police) to stop someone and take them to a police station in order to be questioned or arrested: (警察)逮捕,拘捕
be picked up forHe was picked up by the police for drug dealing.他因贩毒被警察逮捕。
The police picked her up just outside Canterbury.她在坎特伯雷城外不远处被警察抓住了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to find and take a person who has done something wrong
catchThey were caught trying to smuggle cigarettes across the border.
arrestHe was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage to property.
place/put under arrestThe suspect was placed under arrest and charged with armed assault.
captureThe soldiers were captured by enemy forces.
apprehendThe police have apprehended two individuals in connection with the crime.
nabThe cops nabbed him as he tried to get away.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Arresting & charging
apprehend
apprehension
arrest
assist
attach
bust
busted
collar
cuff
do for someone/something
drugs bust
fed
handcuff
nail
nick
perp walk
pick
police action
post-arrest
warrant

(MEET)


informal
to start a sexual or romantic relationship with someone you do not know, by talking to that person and giving them a lot of attention: 勾搭(某人);与(某人)调情
He said he'd picked the woman up in a bar.他说他在酒吧勾搭上了那个女人。

pick up (something)


phrasal verb with pickverbuk /pɪk/ us /pɪk/

(INCREASE)


to increase or improve: 增加;提高;改进
The truck picked up speed slowly.卡车慢慢加速。
The wind always picks up in the evening.一到晚上,风就越刮越大。
The number of applicants will pick up during the autumn.秋季应聘者的数量会增加。
His spirits picked up when he got the good news.他听到那个好消息后情绪好转了。
Her career only began to pick up when she was in her forties.她40多岁时事业才开始起步。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to get faster
speed upThe car sped up to 100 mph.
pick up speedThe hurricane is picking up speed as it approaches the coast.
gain speedAccidents often happen when a driver gains speed going downhill.
gather speedThe economic recovery was starting to gather speed.
accelerateThe vehicle accelerated around the turn.
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to improve something
improveHis health has improved dramatically since he started exercising.
get betterThe first part of the book isn't very good but it gets better.
rallyThe team played badly in the first half but rallied in the second.
recoverWe are still waiting for the economy to recover.
look upOur financial situation is looking up.
pick upBusiness is really beginning to pick up.
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Becoming better
a step upidiom
alive
back on your feetidiom
bloom
blossom
blossom into something
bounce
by/in leaps and boundsidiom
come aliveidiom
heal
make a man (out) of someoneidiom
marginal
mend
mend your waysidiom
move on to bigger/better thingsidiom
rally
shape up or ship out!idiom
sharpen (something) up
sharpen up your actidiom
step

(PHONE)


to answer the phone: 接电话
I tried his home number but he didn't pick up.我拨打他家里电话,但他没接。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Communications - by telephone
0800 number
3G
4G
5G
access code
aeroplane mode
airplane mode
area code
buzz
caller ID
Directory Enquiries
ISDN
nomophobia
patch someone through
phone in
phone mast
pick
speakerphone
telephone
unlisted

(ROOM)


US
to tidy a room :
I picked up, but I didn't vacuum.
Pick up your room - you'd think a pig lived here!
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cleaning generally
brush someone/something off
cleaner
cleaning
cleanse
cleansing
groom
hoovering
mop
pick
purification
purificatory
rinse
scrub
sponge
squeegee
steam-clean
sterilizing
sweep
swill
wash something down

pick up | American Dictionary


pick up


phrasal verb with pickverb[ T ]us/pɪk/

(IMPROVE/INCREASE)


to improve an activity or increase an amount:
Retailers are starting to see sales pick up again.
The truck picked up speed slowly.

pick up something/someone


phrasal verb with pickverb[ T ]us/pɪk/

(LIFT)


to lift something or someone:
He picked his briefcase up and headed for the door.
She picked up the little boy and kissed him.

pick up someone/something


phrasal verb with pickverb[ T ]us/pɪk/

(TAKE)


to get or bring someone or something from somewhere:
Whose turn is it to pick up the kids from school?
A truck picks up the recycling once a week.
If the police pick someone up, they catch the person:
Cops picked up the suspect a few miles away.

pick up something


phrasal verb with pickverb[ T ]us/pɪk/

(OBTAIN)


to obtain or receive something:
While you’re in town, would you pick up a book for me?
Can you pick up the Yankees game up here (= receive broadcasts of it)?
She picked up her soccer skills from her older brother (= learned them informally).
Gwen picked up a cold on her trip (= started to suffer from it).

pick up someone


phrasal verb with pickverb[ T ]us/pɪk/
infml

(MEET)


to meet someone for the first time and begin having a romantic relationship

pick up (something)


phrasal verb with pickverb[ T ]us/pɪk/

(START AGAIN)


to start again after an interruption:
The author picks up the theme again on page ten.
In tomorrow's class we’ll pick up where we left off.

pick up | Business English


pick up


phrasal verb with pickverb[ T ]uk /pɪk/us
to improve:
When business picks up he'll probably offer permanent jobs to the most valued employees.

pick sth up


phrasal verb with pickverb[ T ]uk /pɪk/us
to buy something, usually cheaply:
We picked up a bargain on the housing market during the recession.
 pick up the bill/tab(USpick up the check)
informal
to pay for what has been bought, especially a meal in a restaurant:
The airline picked up the bill for the night spent at the hotel.
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