| 释义 |
pick someone/thing out1Distinguish someone or something from a group: Lester picked out two familiar voices...- But the selective pointillism that picks it out identifies an essential pre-requisite for effective political action.
- ‘I feel a bit vulnerable to be honest, because I haven't had any experience of the media,’ she says, ‘and even before we'd spoken to anyone they'd already sort of picked us out and slated us.’
- In November, the victim picked the robber out of a video identification parade.
Synonyms see, discern, spot, distinguish, perceive, make out, detect, notice, observe, recognize, identify, catch sight of, glimpse, discover literary espy, behold, descry 1.1(Of a light) illuminate an object by shining directly on it: the car’s headlights picked out a road sign and she swung left...- I asked him how he was caught and he told me that although he walked very small steps, every few metres dropping down into the grass, suddenly a small plane landed and picked him out in its lights.
- The trios move in alternation as light from above picks them out, the grounded people waving their limbs like neophyte swimmers or fledglings learning to fly.
- Again he came down past us, this time closer to the boat, and the light picked him out just below the surface.
1.2Highlight or accentuate something from its surroundings by painting or fashioning it in a contrasting colour or medium: the initials are picked out in diamonds...- The fuel tank was painted the same light blue as the wings with the retaining straps picked out in red to match the chassis.
- The elaborate metalwork of the handsome old bridges spanning the river is picked out in brilliant colours.
- Only the shields are picked out with carefully selected colours.
2Play a tune on a musical instrument slowly or with difficulty: she began to pick out a rough melody on the guitar...- She started picking a gentle tune out of the instrument, the rich melody spiraling into the mild night air.
- He hung up and went back into the basement studio and picked up a guitar and picked out a melody that had been playing around in the back of his head for the last few hours.
- Maybelle picked out a melody on the bass strings with her thumb, while she used the index finger of the same hand to brush up and down across the higher strings, combining both chords and rhythm.
See parent entry: pick |