单词 | pick out |
释义 | pick outSEE SYNONYMS FOR pick out ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, adverb)to select for use or special consideration, illustration, etc, as from a group to distinguish (an object from its surroundings), as in paintingshe picked out the woodwork in white to perceive or recognize (a person or thing previously obscured)we picked out his face among the crowd to distinguish (sense or meaning) from or as if from a mass of detail or complication to play (a tune) tentatively, by or as if by ear Words nearby pick outpick 'n' mix, pick-off, pick of the litter, pick on, pick one's way, pick out, pick over, pickpocket, pickproof, Pick's atrophy, Pick's disease 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with pick outpick out Choose, select, as in She picked out the best piece of fabric. [Early 1500s] Distinguish, discern from one's surroundings, as in They managed to pick out their mother from the crowd. [Mid-1500s] Identify the notes of a tune and play it on an instrument, as in When she was four she could pick out folk songs on the piano. [Late 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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