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单词 picked
释义

picked

1 of 2

adjective (1)

pick·​ed ˈpi-kəd How to pronounce picked (audio)
chiefly dialectal
: pointed, peaked

picked

2 of 2

adjective (2)

ˈpikt How to pronounce picked (audio)
: choice, prime

Synonyms

Adjective (2)

  • cherry-picked
  • choice
  • chosen
  • elect
  • favored
  • favorite
  • first-line
  • handpicked
  • preferred
  • select
  • selected
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Word History

Etymology

Adjective (1)

Middle English, from pick entry 3

Adjective (2)

pick entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective (2)

circa 1548, in the meaning defined above

picked 1 of 2

adjective

as in selected
singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking a picked group of people for the project

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • selected
  • select
  • preferred
  • chosen
  • favorite
  • favored
  • handpicked
  • choice
  • elect
  • of choice
  • cherry-picked
  • culled
  • first-line
  • screened
  • picked over
  • fashionable
  • exclusive
  • winnowed (out)
  • weeded (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • average
  • common
  • commonplace
  • ordinary
  • run-of-the-mill

picked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of pick
1
as in harvested
to catch or collect (a crop or natural resource) for human use pick peas and beans from the garden for dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • harvested
  • gathered
  • grew
  • reaped
  • gleaned
  • fished
  • garnered
  • cut
  • captured
  • mowed
  • bagged
  • hunted
  • foraged
  • accumulated
  • sealed
  • clammed
  • netted
  • cropped
  • shrimped
  • whaled
  • trapped
  • raised
  • snared
  • hayed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • planted
  • seeded
  • sowed
2
as in chose
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities I pick you as my partner

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • selected
  • chose
  • named
  • took
  • preferred
  • elected
  • culled
  • handpicked
  • designated
  • tagged
  • cherry-picked
  • nominated
  • tapped
  • adopted
  • accepted
  • appointed
  • preselected
  • marked
  • opted (for)
  • embraced
  • set
  • tabbed
  • singled (out)
  • fixed
  • espoused
  • settled (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rejected
  • refused
  • declined
  • spurned
  • discarded
  • repudiated
  • disapproved
  • jettisoned
  • turned down
  • threw out
  • threw away
  • negatived
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3
as in provoked
to bring (something volatile or intense) into being he seems to be trying to pick a fight

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • provoked
  • promoted
  • encouraged
  • raised
  • triggered
  • incited
  • instigated
  • brewed
  • cultivated
  • stimulated
  • fomented
  • inspired
  • fermented
  • forwarded
  • set in motion
  • fostered
  • nurtured
  • abetted
  • stimulated
  • sowed
  • motivated
  • set
  • detonated
  • whipped (up)
  • excited
  • set off
  • roused
  • stirred (up)
  • furthered
  • nourished
  • activated
  • fired
  • galvanized
  • advanced
  • enlivened
  • energized
  • inflamed
  • invigorated
  • quickened
  • enflamed
  • vitalized
  • livened (up)
  • pepped (up)
  • jazzed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • checked
  • held
  • discouraged
  • inhibited
  • restrained
  • tamed
  • regulated
  • constrained
  • settled
  • reined (in)
  • curbed
  • bridled
  • calmed
  • quieted
  • soothed
  • subdued
  • stilled
  • allayed
  • tranquilized
  • tranquillized
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4
as in nibbled
to eat reluctantly and in small bites still suffering from the shock of his wife's death, he could do no more than pick halfheartedly at his food

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • nibbled
  • pecked
  • snacked
  • tasted
  • grazed
  • noshed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • gorged
  • swilled
  • overate
  • pigged out
  • gormandized
5
as in stabbed
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object continued to pick the block of ice until she was able to extract the shrimp

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • stabbed
  • jabbed
  • punctured
  • stuck
  • pierced
  • pecked
  • spitted
  • sliced
  • poked
  • speared
  • skewered
  • spiked
  • impaled
  • punched
  • transpierced
  • transfixed
  • pinked
  • harpooned
  • lanced
  • ran through
  • gored
  • cut
  • riddled
  • pricked
  • pinpricked
  • perforated
  • piked
  • knifed
  • spindled
  • gimleted
  • thrust
  • dirked
  • bayoneted
  • poniarded
  • bayonetted
  • pronged
  • quilled
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