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picking

/pik-ing/US // ˈpɪk ɪŋ //

挑选,拣选,采摘,挑剔

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of a person or thing that picks.
    • : something that is or may be picked or picked up.
    • : the amount picked.
    • : pickings, scraps or gleanings: the pickings of a feast.profits or gains; spoils.

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Examples

  • The researchers suspected they’d be more willing to ask sensitive questions if the respondents thought the computer had done the picking.

  • At the core of these issues is the fundamental problem of the shaky economics of same-day and online grocery delivery businesses, with small margin items and additional costs associated with picking, labor and cold food storage.

  • I wanted to buy an electric vehicle back then, too, but the pickings were slim.

  • Matthews said that the arm would potentially enable Ocado to automate the sorting and picking of a wide range of items, including very delicate ones such as fruit, which is difficult for most robots to handle without bruising or damaging it.

  • Apple harvesting season started in late July, but there are still several varieties that are ripe for the picking well into October.

  • A fire that he insists is only picking up pace, according to top-secret intelligence briefings.

  • Brazen cherry-picking of the information in this story inspired a flood of “Bush Was Right All Along!”

  • The truth is that Judd is really just picking an arbitrary number since there is no script.

  • Picking up cans and bags out of the bin and throwing them back, over and over.

  • More mainstream media, like USA Today and TV Guide, begin picking up the Buress story.

  • She had forced herself to eat most of her soup, and now she was picking the flaky bits of a court bouillon with her fork.

  • Wonder if he's any relation to the man who pricked his fingers picking pickled peppers!

  • (Picking up a book and settling himself comfortably in front of the fire) Tommy, if you can't find a book, sing or something.

  • "Come and get a clean towel," said Jess, who noticed that Benny was already "picking into" his own mouth.

  • They walked along the track, picking out a church steeple here and there, forgetting for a moment the object of their search.