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a pickup
pickup 指轻型货车时，常简称 pickup truck。
He drives a pickup to work.
他开皮卡上班。
轻型货车，皮卡车
pickups — plural of pickup
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
轻型货车，皮卡车
a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
He drives a pickup to work.
他开皮卡上班。
用于检测声音、振动等的电子装置,如电吉他或唱机上的拾音器。
An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.
即兴的；临时的,尤指由随机选出的球员组成的体育比赛和队伍。
Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
接近某人并展开浪漫调情与追求,意图发展恋爱、约会或性关系的行为。
An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
通过这种方式成功接近以寻求浪漫或性关系的人。
A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
He drove his pickup to the construction site.
他开着他的皮卡车去了建筑工地。
The garbage pickup is every Thursday morning.
垃圾收集是每周四早上。
There has been a pickup in sales this quarter.
本季度销售额有所回升。
pickup 指轻型货车时，常简称 pickup truck。
He drives a pickup to work.
他开皮卡上班。
用于法律语境。
The police issued a pickup for the suspect.
警方对嫌疑人发出了逮捕令。
指能快速恢复精力或情绪的事物。
Coffee is a quick pickup in the morning.
咖啡是早上快速提神的东西。
Not this
Can you pickup me at the station?
Use this
Can you pick me up at the station?
中文学习者常将名词'pickup'误用作动词短语'pick up'。Pickup是名词，不能直接带宾语，而pick up是动词短语，需要分开写且宾语放在中间或后面。
Not this
I need to buy pickup for my business.
Use this
I need to buy a pickup for my business.
Pickup作为可数名词（轻型货车）使用时，需要冠词a/an/the。中文没有冠词概念，容易遗漏。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
皮卡车，轻型货车
He loaded the furniture into the back of his pickup truck.
他把家具装进了他的皮卡车的后车厢。
发出逮捕令
The police issued a pickup for the fugitive.
警方对逃犯发出了逮捕令。
生意好转
We've seen a pickup in business since the new year.
自新年以来，我们的生意有所好转。
给某人提神/恢复健康
A cup of coffee really gives me a pickup in the morning.
一杯咖啡确实让我在早晨提神。
搭讪语
He used a cheesy pickup line to start a conversation.
他用了一句老套的搭讪语来开始对话。
皮卡车
She drives a red pickup truck to work every day.
她每天开一辆红色皮卡车去上班。
临时组队的比赛
They organized a pickup basketball game at the park.
他们在公园组织了一场临时组队的篮球比赛。
我是一个皮卡男，我开皮卡。
The song 'Pickup Man' by Joe Diffie celebrates the lifestyle of a pickup truck owner.
乔·迪菲的歌曲《皮卡男》歌颂了皮卡车主的生活方式。
那是个糟糕的搭讪语。
In the TV show 'The Office', characters often critique each other's pickup lines.
在电视剧《办公室》中，角色们经常互相批评对方的搭讪语。
Use pickups naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
皮卡车（pickup truck）能“捡起”（pick up）货物，记住“捡起”的动词短语变名词就是这辆小货车。
语域：neutral 常见场景：汽车、日常对话 pickup 作为名词指轻型货车时，语域中性，多用于日常生活和汽车相关语境。
These words share the spelling pattern '-up' and have the same vowel sound /ʌp/ in the final syllable (unstressed). However, they do not rhyme with 'pickup' because the stressed syllable of 'pickup' is the first syllable with /ɪ/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.