pickup

英 [ˈpɪkʌp]

美 [ˈpɪkʌp]

n.  轻型货车; 敞篷小货车; 皮卡货车; 偶然结识的调情者; 改进; 好转; 改善
adj.  临时拼凑的; 临时组织的

复数：pickups　

考研电力

BNC.8372 / COCA.3802

牛津词典

noun

• 轻型货车；敞篷小货车；皮卡货车
  a vehicle with low sides and no roof at the back used, for example, by farmers
• 偶然结识的调情者
  a person sb meets for the first time, for example in a bar, with whom they start a sexual relationship
  1. casual pickups
     游戏鸳鸯
• 改进；好转；改善
  an improvement
  1. a pickup in the housing market
     房市景气的好转
• 接人；收取物品；提货
  an occasion when sb/sth is collected
  1. Goods are delivered not later than noon on the day after pickup.
     货物递送不迟于收件后的第二天中午。
• （唱机的）唱头，磁头
  the part of a record player or musical instrument that changes electrical signals into sound, or sound into electrical signals
• （车辆的）加速能力
  a vehicle's ability to accelerate (= increase in speed)

adj.

• 临时拼凑的；临时组织的
  often not planned in advance and that anyone who wants to can join in
  1. A group of kids started a pickup game of basketball on the street outside.
     一群孩子在外面开始了即兴街头篮球赛。

柯林斯词典

• 皮卡；轻型货车
  Apick-upor apick-up truckis a small truck with low sides that can be easily loaded and unloaded.
• N-SING （贸易或经济的）好转，改善
  Apick-up intrade orina country's economy is an improvement in it.
  1. ...a pick-up in the housing market...
     房地产市场的回暖
  2. The economy remains deep in recession with few signs of a pick-up.
     经济仍深陷衰退之中，几乎没有好转的迹象。
• N-COUNT 接人；取走物品；提货
  Apick-uptakes place when someone picks up a person or thing that is waiting to be collected.
  1. The company had pick-up points in most cities...
     这家公司在大部分城市都有提货点。
  2. Trains will operate from Waterloo with a pick-up stop at Ashford.
     火车从滑铁卢站出发，途中会在阿什福德站停靠上人。
• N-COUNT （以发生性关系为目的的）搭识，搭讪
  When apick-uptakes place, someone talks to a person in a friendly way in the hope of having a casual sexual relationship with them.
  1. They had come to the world's most famous pick-up joint.
     他们已来到了世界上最著名的调情场所。

英英释义

noun

• the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
• the act or process of picking up or collecting from various places
  1. garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays
• an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
  Synonym:cartridge
• a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard
  Synonym:pickup truck
• anything with restorative powers
  1. she needed the pickup that coffee always gave her
  Synonym:pick-me-up
• mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that carries the cartridge
  Synonym:tone armpickup arm
• the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
  1. his car has a lot of pickup
  Synonym:getaway
• a warrant to take someone into custody
  1. put out a pickup on that man
• a casual acquaintance

双语例句

• The pickup and delivery of farm produce.
  农产品的收取和运输。
• Her truck is a very large pickup which she drives at hair-raising speeds.
  她开一辆大货，开起来时速度快得吓人。
• I got a call for a pickup.
  有人订了我的车。
• You moved the student pickup to the north side of the school.
  你把学生的接送点移到了学校北边。
• What did you lose? Your farm, your pickup?
  你失去了什么？你的农场，你的旧忆？
• That was before the transmission went on the pickup.
  车子的传送带坏了后就没再去上过了。
• If you increase the distance between the microphones you effectively decrease the pickup angle.
  如果你增加它们之间的距离麦克风，你有效地降低皮卡角。
• China's economy is now at the critical stage of pickup and structural adjustment.
  当前，我国经济正处在企稳回升和结构调整的关键时期。
• Analysis of factors of oxygen pickup in molten steel and corresponding measures based on experimental data are presented.
  依据实验数据计算结果，对钢液增氧的因素及其采取的相应措施进行了分析与探讨。
• They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it.
  他们很快就驾驶一辆载货卡车，并发动了我的汽车。