pick up the tab
collocation付账
He offered to pick up the tab for dinner.
他主动提出为晚餐付账。
选择；挑选
picks — third person singular of pick
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选择；挑选
To choose or select from a number of options, especially carefully.
I need to pick a gift for my friend.
我需要为朋友挑选一件礼物。
用手指或指甲抓住并拉扯
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
采摘水果或蔬菜以供食用；将整株植物从地里拔起
To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground.
用手指拨开或拉开
To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck.
拾起；尤其是从各处收集；聚集
To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together.
pick
Base
原形
picks
3rd person
第三人称单数
picking
-ing
现在分词
picked
Past
过去式
picked
Past participle
过去分词
She picks fresh flowers from the garden every morning.
她每天早上从花园里采摘鲜花。
He picked a book from the shelf yesterday.
他昨天从书架上挑了一本书。
I am picking out a gift for my friend right now.
我现在正在为朋友挑选礼物。
注意：pick作动词时，常见用法包括采摘、挑选、捡起等，过去式和过去分词均为picked。
She picked the red dress for the party.
她为聚会挑选了那件红裙子。
They are picking the best candidate for the job.
他们正在为这份工作挑选最合适的候选人。
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付账
He offered to pick up the tab for dinner.
他主动提出为晚餐付账。
挑选裙子
She spent an hour picking out a dress for the party.
她花了一个小时为派对挑选裙子。
欺负某人；找碴
Why do you always pick on me?
你为什么总找我的碴？
挑食；小口吃
The child just picked at his food and didn't eat much.
那个孩子只是挑挑拣拣地吃，没吃多少。
找茬打架；挑衅
He was drunk and tried to pick a fight with anyone nearby.
他喝醉了，试图跟附近的人找茬打架。
摘苹果
We went to the orchard to pick apples last weekend.
上周末我们去果园摘苹果。
找碴，挑衅
He's always trying to pick a fight with someone.
他总是想跟人找碴。
挑三拣四，精挑细选
You can't just pick and choose which rules to follow.
你不能只挑拣要遵守哪些规则。
欺负；挑剔
Stop picking on your little brother.
别再欺负你弟弟了。
振作起来，掸去灰尘，重新开始。
This line is from the classic song "Pick Yourself Up" by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, often used as a motivational phrase.
这句歌词出自经典歌曲《Pick Yourself Up》，常被用作激励的话语。
小声议论，低声交谈，小声议论，低声交谈，叽叽喳喳，说个不停，再议论一会儿。
This is from the song "Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little" in the musical "The Music Man", about gossiping townspeople.
出自音乐剧《欢乐音乐人》中的歌曲《Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little》，描述爱嚼舌根的镇民。
Use picks naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把“pick”想象成“匹克”，从一群马里“挑选”最优秀的那一匹。
挑选（pick）通常用于需要仔细选择的情境，如挑选商品、人选或选项。语域中性，适用于日常对话和正式场合。注意：实际使用中多指从一组中仔细选择。
所有单词都包含'ick'结尾且发音为/ɪk/，与pick押韵。注意拼写相似但发音不同的单词如'peak' (/piːk/) 和 'pike' (/paɪk/)。
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