(TTS發音) 1. lift；take up；raise after a fall 拾起；拿起；跌倒後爬起
The children picked up many sea shells at the seashore. 孩子們在海邊拾到很多貝殼。
During the morning Mrs. Carter picked up sticks in the yard. 早上卡特太太在院子裡拾柴。
He fell but at once picked himself up. 他跌了一跤，但馬上又爬了起來。
2. pay支付
After lunch in the restaurant，Uncle Bob picked up the check. 在餐館吃完飯後，鮑勃叔叔付了飯錢。
They offered to pick up the bill for all the expenses of the trip. 他們表示願意把全部旅行費用的帳單接受下來。
3. take on（開車）帶人
The train stopped to pick up passenger. 火車停下來讓乘客上車。
I'll pick you up at your office. 我到辦公室來接你。
At the corner the bus stopped and picked up three people. 在街拐角處汽車停下來讓3個人上車。
4. collect收集
They picked up some rumours that the firm was going to close down. 他們聽到一些關于公司要倒閉的謠傳。
They are trying to pick up information. 他們在設法收集情報。
He picked up rare coins in seaports all over the world. 他在世界各港口收集稀有硬幣。
5. gather together收拾；整理
It's almost dinner time， children. Time to pick up and get ready. 快到吃飯時間了，孩子們。收拾收拾，準備開飯。
Let's pick up the room before everyone arrives. 我們在大家來之前把房間整理好吧。
It's time to pick up tools and go home. 現在是收拾工具回家的時候了。
6. get，learn accidentally 偶然得到（或學到、找到）
He never studied Japanese；what he knows is what he picked up while living in Japan. 他從未正式學過日文，他所懂的一些日文是他居住在日本時隨便學來的。
He picked up a beautiful statue when he was in Rome. 他在羅馬時買到了一尊美麗的塑像。
I picked up that volume in a secondhand book shop. 那本書是我偶然在一家舊書店裡找到的。
He has picked up some bad habits at that club. 他在那個俱樂部沾染上了一些壞習氣。
7. make friends with與…交朋友
Mother told Mary not to walk home by herself from the party be cause some strangers might try to pick her up. 媽媽告訴瑪麗舞會後不要獨自步行回家，因為會有陌生人與她搭訕。
I think she picked him up at a dance. 我想她是在舞會上與他認識的。
8. arrest逮捕
The main suspect in thr murder case was finally picked up by police in London yesterday. 謀殺案中的主要嫌疑犯昨天在倫敦被警察抓住了。
police picked the man up for burglary. 警察因這男子盜竊而逮捕了他。
9. receive radio signals收到信號
With my new radio I can pick up stations all over Europe. 我的新收音機可接收到歐洲所有的電台。
The enemy planes are picked up by our radar installations. 敵機被我們的雷達發現了。
10. rescue sb. from the water從水上救起
AirSea Rescue picked up the downed airman after receiving an SOS message. 空海營救隊接到呼救信號後，在海上救起了被擊落的飛行員。
They picked up the survivors in the lifeboat. 他們救起了救生艇裡的幸存者。
11. find and travel along（a route，a trail， etc. ）發現（道路、蹤蹟等）並沿著走
State police picked up the bandits'trail. 州警察發現了土匪的蹤蹟。
We picked up the trail of the fugitives and soon overtook them. 我們找到逃亡者的蹤蹟，不久就追上了他們。
12. continue or return to sth. after a break or interruption重新開始
He picked up the story where he had left it the day before. 他接著往下講前天沒講完的故事。
I found it difficult to pick up the discussion again after lunch. 我發現午飯後再繼續討論很困難。
13. make sb. feel better使感覺好些
Catherine was feeling very bad yesterday but has picked up a lot today. 凱瑟琳昨天身體很不好，但今天覺得好多了。
A bit of exercise will pick you up. 你稍微運動運動會恢復健康的。
A little food will pick you up. 吃點東西會使你感覺好些。
14. become faster加快
About a mile out of the station the train began to pick up speed. 出站大約一英裡，火車開始加速。
