pick-up

英 [pɪk ʌp]

美 [pɪk ʌp]

n.  提取; 搭便车

复数：pick-ups　

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。

双语例句

• I see this pick-up, you know, coming fast.
  我看见这辆皮卡开来。
• But last night a whole convoy of four-wheel-drive vehicles and pick-up trucks was negotiating the climb with dimmed headlights.
  然而就在昨夜，一整队的四驱车和轻型小货车开着微弱的头灯穿越在崎岖的山路上。
• The pick-up and set-down area was soon crowded with ambulances and fire engines.
  这里的上落区很快就挤满了救护车和消防车。
• The latest straw in the wind is a pick-up in sales among the nation's retail giants.
  最新的迹象是该国几家零售巨头的销售额有所上升。
• THIS week the death-knell sounded for America's love affair with pick-up trucks and sport-utility vehicles ( SUVs).
  本周，美国人钟爱皮卡车和运动型汽车（SUV）时代的丧钟敲响。
• Pick-up and deliver goods, tourists, raw materials.
  装载和运送货物、游客和原材料。
• People driving pick-up trucks loaded with water splash everyone in their path.
  人们开着装满水的卡车向路上的每个人泼水；
• This has enhanced the relative attractiveness of corporate bonds, which offer a significant yield pick-up.
  这种情况增加了公司债券的相对吸引力，因为能提供较高的收益。
• The taxi driver said I was the first pick-up that he'd had all evening.
  出租车司机说整个晚上我是第一个搭他车的人。
• In primary school days, pick-up games of baseball and football were popular after school and on weekends.
  上小学时，我们课余和周末最流行的活动就是学打棒球和橄榄球。