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picking 音标拼音: [p'ɪkɪŋ] n. 挖掘;选择;采集;剩物;偷窃 挖掘;选择;采集;剩物;偷窃 picking检料 picking捡料 picking n 1: the quantity of a crop that is harvested; " he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; " it was the biggest peach pick in years" [ synonym: { picking}, { pick}] 2: the act of picking ( crops or fruit or hops etc.) Pick \ Pick\ ( p[ i^] k), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Picked} ( p[ i^] kt); p. pr. & vb. n. { Picking}.] [ OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. { Peck}, v., { Pike}, { Pitch} to throw.] 1. To throw; to pitch. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] As high as I could pick my lance. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To open ( a lock) as by a wire. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket. [ 1913 Webster] Did you pick Master Slender' s purse? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet. -- Cowper. [ 1913 Webster] 7. To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one' s company; to pick one' s way; -- often with out. " One man picked out of ten thousand." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 8. To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information. [ 1913 Webster] 9. To trim. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] { To pick at}, to tease or vex by pertinacious annoyance. { To pick a bone with}. See under { Bone}. { To pick a thank}, to curry favor. [ Obs.] -- Robynson ( More' s Utopia). { To pick off}. ( a) To pluck; to remove by picking. ( b) To shoot or bring down, one by one; as, sharpshooters pick off the enemy. { To pick out}. ( a) To mark out; to variegate; as, to pick out any dark stuff with lines or spots of bright colors. ( b) To select from a number or quantity. { To pick to pieces}, to pull apart piece by piece; hence [ Colloq.], to analyze; esp., to criticize in detail. { To pick a quarrel}, to give occasion of quarrel intentionally. { To pick up}. ( a) To take up, as with the fingers. ( b) To get by repeated efforts; to gather here and there; as, to pick up a livelihood; to pick up news. [ 1913 Webster]
Picking \ Pick" ing\, a. 1. Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Nice; careful. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] was too warm on picking work to dwell. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] { Picking peg}. ( Weaving) See { Picker}, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster]
Picking \ Pick" ing\, n. 1. The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The act of choosing, plucking, or gathering. [ 1913 Webster] 3. That which is, or may be, picked or gleaned. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Pilfering; also, that which is pilfered. [ 1913 Webster] 5. pl. The pulverized shells of oysters used in making walks. [ Eng.] -- Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Mining) Rough sorting of ore. [ 1913 Webster] 7. Overburned bricks. -- Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster]
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