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

• Those who are able to should also try and pick up at least a casual knowledge of another Singapore language, besides their mother tongue.
  除此之外，那些行有余力的人，更应该尝试对母语以外的至少一种本地语言有基本认识；
• Atlanta also owns Indiana's pick at No.11, as part of the trade that sent Al Harrington to the Pacers last summer.
  亚特兰大，也赢得印第安纳的11顺位，这是作为去年夏天将哈灵顿卖给步行者的交易之一。
• I thought I was supposed to pick you up at the train station.
  我以为我要到车站接你的。
• '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。”
• The extended-through-space train I pick out at the end of our walk is the same as the extended-through-space train that I picked out at the beginning of our walk.
  走到末尾的时候，我谈到的贯穿空间的火车，和一开始我谈到的，是同一辆。
• 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。
• You must pick at least one category.
  必须至少选取一个类别。
• I will pick you up at the end of the road.
  我会在那条路的尽头接你。
• Don't pick at me day and night.
  别整天对我唠叨挑三拣四。
• 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。