pick at

英 [pɪk æt]

美 [pɪk æt]

少量地吃; 吃一点点

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 少量地吃；吃一点点
  If youpick atthe food that you are eating, you eat only very small amounts of it.
  1. Sarah picked at a plate of cheese for supper, but she wasn't really hungry.
     萨拉晚餐时只吃一盘奶酪，但她并没有真觉得饿。

英英释义

verb

• express a negative opinion of
  1. She disparaged her student's efforts
  Synonym:disparagebelittle
• eat like a bird
  1. The anorexic girl just picks at her food
  Synonym:peck atpeck
• pluck or pull at with the fingers
  1. She picked nervously at the buttons of her blouse
  Synonym:pluck atpull at

双语例句

• When the opportunities avail themselves, they pick away at us.
  他们一逮到机会就把我们抓来。
• You must pick at least one category.
  必须至少选取一个类别。
• Come by to pick me up at your convenience.
  在你方便的时候来接我。
• A team seeking to land Bryant likely would have to pair one or two talented young players, a high draft pick and at least one veteran with an expiring contract.
  一支球队想要引入科比需要一两个年轻的有天赋的球员，一个高顺位的选秀顺位和一个合同到期的老球员。
• I thought I was supposed to pick you up at the train station.
  我以为我要到车站接你的。
• His guest finally did arrive at the restaurant only to pick at her food and leave early.
  他的客人终于到了饭店，但她只勉强吃了几口，早早离开了。
• I would like to know the Bus number for pick up at airport.
  我想要知道接机的大巴汽车号码。
• 'I could take the subway and have David pick me up at the station.' — 'Nothing doing.'
  “我可以坐地铁，然后让戴维到车站接我。”——“不行。”
• In other words they will pick people at random and see what happens to them.
  换句话说，他们要随机的挑选人，看看他们会发生什么情况。
• Vultures flew around in the sky waiting to pick at the carcass of the deer.
  兀鹰在天空盘旋等待着啄食鹿的尸体。