pick over

英 [pɪk ˈəʊvə(r)]

美 [pɪk ˈoʊvər]

仔细检查…以便选出佳品; 挑拣

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 仔细检查…以便选出佳品；挑拣
  If youpick overa quantity of things, you examine them carefully, for example to reject the ones you do not want.
  1. Pick over the fruit and pile on top of the cream.
     拣出好的水果，码放在奶油上。

英英释义

verb

• separate or remove
  1. The customer picked over the selection
  Synonym:sieve out

双语例句

• Did you pick it over there?
  你从那边捡的吧？
• Let's pick the berries over for stems and leaves.
  让我们来挑检一下浆果，将梗和叶子拣掉。
• If you see litter on the sidewalk, pick it up instead of walk over it.
  在人行道上看到垃圾时，不要从它的上面踏过，而要将它拾起来。
• In the UK, with the economy deteriorating and the uptick in claimant count, we expect Unemployment to pick up the pace over the last few months.
  在英国，随着经济的恶化，索赔计数的上升，我们预计失业者在过去几个月就已经采取行动。
• Pick yourself up and start all over again.
  振奋起来，重新开始。
• In the coming weeks, Wall Street's vultures will pick over Lehman's still-warm body and wait for one or two more victims to come their way.
  未来几周，华尔街上的秃鹫们会瓜分雷曼兄弟尚带余温的尸体，然后等着更多的不幸者重蹈覆辙。（最后一句令人不寒而栗）
• They were then told to pick a prostitute and to hand over the used condom after sex.
  他们可以挑选一个***，在发生性关系后上交安全套。
• Pick her over all the other girls you hang out with.
  从你周围的所有女孩中认出她。
• What makes you pick the Uni-President instant noodles over Master Kang?
  是什么因素让你拿起统一方便面，而不是康师傅呢？
• There's an old rusty pick over amongst the weeds in the corner the other side of the fireplace& I saw it a minute ago.
  我刚才看见壁炉那边拐角处的草堆中有把上锈的铁锹。