- 挑选；挑出；拣(出)：
I have picked out the bad tomatoes from the basket.
我把篮子里的坏西红柿拣出来。
- 拣去，拣掉；摘出，剔除；挖出，啄出：
The bird picked the nut out of the shell.
鸟从核桃壳里啄出肉来。
- (从周围的人、东西等中)辨认出；辨别出，区别出：
At once I picked out my elder brother in the crowd.
我立刻在人群中认出我大哥来。
- 弄清(一段文字等的意义)；弄明白；领会：
I have to pick out its meaning with the help of an English translation.
我必须借助英文的译文才把意义弄明白。
- 凭听觉记忆在钢琴等上奏出(曲调)；一个一个音地演奏：
She tried to pick out the tune of a song she had heard on the radio.
她试图凭借听觉记忆把从无线电台广播中听到的一首歌曲弹奏出来。
- 用另一种颜色衬托(底色)；用不同颜色点缀：
The ceiling was richly gilt and picked out in violet.
天花板金碧辉煌，衬托着紫蓝色。
- 使明显，使突出：
All the important sentences in the article were picked out in red lines.
文章中的所有重要句子均划有红线，使其突出。