pickup
英 ['p?k?p]
美['p?k?p]
- n. 收集，整理；小卡车；拾起；搭车者；偶然结识者
- n. (Pickup)人名；(英)皮卡普
考研中频词扩展词汇
中文词源
pickup 轻型货车，小皮卡车
比喻用法。
英文词源
- pickup (n.)
- also pick-up, "that which is picked up," 1848; see pick up (v.). As "act of picking up" from 1882. Meaning "capacity for acceleration" is from 1909; that of "recovery" is from 1916. In reference to a game between informal teams chosen on the spot, from 1905 (as an adjective in this sense by 1936).
Meaning "small truck used for light loads," 1937, is shortened from pickup truck (pickup body is attested from 1928). The notion probably being of a vehicle for use to "pick up" (feed, lumber, etc.) and deliver it where it was needed.
双语例句
- 1. He pulled to a stop behind a pickup truck.
- 他在一辆皮卡货车后面停了下来。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Frank Mariano negotiates the desert terrain in his battered pickup.
- 弗兰克·马里亚诺驾驶他那辆破烂不堪的皮卡车成功穿越了沙漠地带。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. a pickup in the housing market
- 房市景气的好转
来自《权威词典》
- 4. I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.
- 我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. That lucky guy is a choice pickup for the girls.
- 那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人.
来自《简明英汉词典》