- (用鹤嘴锄等)凿；掘；挖：
He is picking the surface of a millstone.
他正在凿磨石面。
- 用尖状物凿成洞：
It was easy to pick holes in the mound.
土丘上凿洞很容易。
- (用手指或尖状物)挖；掏；挖出：
The dog picked the bone clean.
狗把骨头抠干净了。
- 剔(牙齿等)：
It is a bad form to pick one's teeth in public.
在公众前剔牙是一种不良习惯。
- (用手指)采，摘(尤指采集花朵，浆果等)；拾：
To solve the food problem, some boys went hunting in the forest,and the girls went out to pick wild vegetables.
为解决食物问题，一些男孩子去森林打猎，而女孩子则去采摘野菜。
- 清除；拔去(禽毛)：
to pick a goose
退鹅毛
- (从树上)摘(花、果实等)：
She picked some flowers from the garden.
她从花园里采摘了一些鲜花。
- (鸟等)啄食：
The little birds are picking the grain.
小鸟正在啄食。
- 少量地吃，挑肥拣瘦地吃：
picking listlessly at one's dinner
吃饭时心不在焉一点点地往嘴里送
- 撕开；扯开(纤维等)：
As the shirt fits badly, she will pick it to pieces and remake it.
因为这件衬衫极不合身，她要拆了重做。
- 选择，挑选，挑拣：
It took her half an hour to pick a dress that suited her.
她用了半小时挑选适合她穿的衣服。
- 寻找…口实，寻(衅)：
to pick a quarrel (或fight)
寻衅吵架(或打架)
- 找碴儿，找毛病：
He picked many flaws in the plan.
他从计划中找出许多纰漏。
- 拨琴弦；弹(吉他等)弦乐器：
The boy picked the banjo.
小男孩弹着班卓琴。
- 撬锁(尤指偷窃)：
The blacksmith picked a lock with a pin.
工匠用大头针把锁撬开了。
- 扒窃(别人衣袋中的)东西：
He had his pocket picked.
他被扒窃了。
- [澳大利亚口语]推测；猜测；预言：
I picked that was where he'd gone.
我想他要去的就是那里。
- 【棒球】防守得法：
He can really pick it at third base.
他在三垒上守得真棒。