Word · Frequency #664
picks
选择；选择权；被选中的人或物
picks is the plural of pick.
a choice; the ability to choose; the person or thing chosen
- 1.
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
用于挖掘的工具；镐
- 2.
the person or thing chosen or selected
被选中的人或物
- 3.
A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
用于修整磨石的尖锤
- 4.
the quantity of a crop that is harvested
收获的农作物产量
- 5.
A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock.
用于在没有原钥匙的情况下开锁的工具；开锁器
- 6.
the best people or things in a group
群体中最优秀的人或物
- 7.
A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair.
用于紧密卷曲头发的长而稀疏齿梳
- 8.
A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
用于拨动吉他弦的工具；拨片
- 9.
A choice; ability to choose.
选择；选择的能力
- 10.
That which would be picked or chosen first; the best.
首先被挑选或选择的东西；最好的
- 11.
A screen.
屏幕
- 12.
An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
一种进攻战术,球员站位以阻挡防守者接近队友
- 13.
An interception.
拦截
- 14.
A good defensive play by an infielder.
内野手的精彩防守
- 15.
A pickoff.
牵制出局
- 16.
That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
用尖物修正画面不平整之处
- 17.
The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread.
驱动梭子的击打,用于计算织机速度(每分钟击打次数)；描述织物的细密度时,指纬线
精华；最优秀的人或物；首选；镐；十字镐；拨片；琴拨；撬锁工具；开锁器；阔齿梳；发梳
In use
She is the pick of the team.
His pick for the new manager surprised everyone.
This year's apple pick was the largest in a decade.
he was my pick for mayor
he sent the first picking of berries to the market
it was the biggest peach pick in years
Connections
Collocations
- take your pick
- 随你挑选
- There are plenty of flavors—take your pick.有很多口味——随你挑选。
- pick of the litter
- 一胎中最出色的一只；同类中的佼佼者
- This puppy was the pick of the litter.这只小狗是一窝里最出色的。
- first pick
- 首选；优先选择权
- She got first pick of the new books.她可以优先挑选新书。
- guitar pick
- 吉他拨片
- He always carries a spare guitar pick in his pocket.他口袋里总带着一个备用吉他拨片。
- lock pick
- 开锁工具；撬锁器
- The detective used a lock pick to open the door.侦探用开锁工具打开了门。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象用镐(pickaxe)从地里挖出土豆，再挑(pick)出最大的一颗：名词pick既是镐，也是选择/精选。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常选择/决定、购物或点餐、一般书面表达 表示“选择；被选中的人或物”时，pick 通常为中性，多用于日常对话和一般书面表达；也常见于 take your pick、the pick of… 等搭配。
Grammar Note
表示‘最佳’时通常用单数，与of连用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词均与 pick 押韵（/ɪk/）。注意不要与拼写相似的 peek /piːk/、pique /piːk/ 或 pike /paɪk/ 混淆，它们的元音不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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