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

• Delivery and pick-up charges are at the purchaser's expense for all repairs made under this warranty.
  质保期内的维修和附件运输费用由买方承担。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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 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。
• You pick-up a guitar and you either like it or don't like it.
  你拿起一把吉他，你可能喜欢也可能不喜欢。
• A sharp pick-up also threatens the shorter-term reason to dislike the dollar: near zero interest rates.
  经济突然好转，也会对厌恶美元的更短线理由接近于零的利率构成威胁。
• 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 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。
• Fishermen call him when they catch something and he arranges the pick-up and delivery to customers by phone.
  渔民们捕到东西就打电话给他，他通过电话安排提货和发货事宜。