摘
pick; select; borrow
Meanings
3 senses · 12 examplesverb
to pick; to pluck; to take off
Used for removing things from their attached position, including plants and worn/suspended items.
Grandma and I went to the orchard to pick pears.
She picked a rose and put it in the vase.
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Please help me take off the hat on my head.
The worker climbed the ladder to remove the broken light bulb.
Autumn has arrived, and farmers are busy picking cotton.
verb
to select; to excerpt; to collect
formalUsed for choosing or copying parts of written works, data, or materials.
The teacher asked us to write an excerpt note.
This article excerpts the latest research data.
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He excerpted a section from the report to use in his speech.
This poetry anthology selects classic works from the Tang and Song dynasties.
Please pick out the core viewpoints of this article.
verb
to borrow (money temporarily)
informalColloquial, used specifically for borrowing small amounts of money for urgent needs, now less commonly used in modern daily speech.
His family needed money urgently, so he had to borrow some from relatives to get by.
In the past, poor families often borrowed money to get by when they encountered emergencies.