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

• I'll pick up at that point, expanding the discussion into ways you can improve the quality of your tests and check the quality of the finished code.
  我将以这个问题为起点，讨论如何改进测试的质量和检查最终代码的质量。
• I tend to leave the windfalls for the birds to pick at.
  我习惯于将被风吹落的水果留给鸟儿们啄食。
• There is no need to pick at him all day long. He's a child after all.
  不要老是对他唠唠叨叨，他毕竟还是个孩子嘛！
• 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；
• That way, you can directly specify the IP and hostname of your virtual machines instead of relying on WebSphere CloudBurst to pick one at random from a pool you defined.
  这样，就可以直接指定虚拟机的IP和主机名，而不是依靠WebSphereCloudBurst从您定义的池中随机地选择。
• 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。
• Every house we look at you find something to pick at.
  我们看的每间房子你总能挑出毛病来。
• But operators across China hope to pick up at least some of the increasingly sophisticated business.
  然而，中国各地的运营商都希望至少能分得这项日益复杂的业务的一部分。
• I'll pick you up at five this afternoon.
  今天下午五点我去接你。
• Any decent shot with telescopic sights could pick us off at random.
  任何借助望远镜瞄准器的像样射手都可以随意把我们逐个干掉。