picking up is pick up's Present Participle

pick up

US 
UK 
  • n.搭便车
  • v.拾起；探出；重新开始
  • Web捡起；提货；衔起
Simple Present：picks up  Present Participle：picking up  Past Tense：picked up  

E-E

Web Definition

na.
1.
to lift someone or something up from a surface; to lift things up and put them in the place where they are kept in order to make a place neat; to make a place clean and neat; to lift something up and take it away
2.
to go and meet someone or something that you have arranged to take somewhere in a vehicle; to arrest someone and take them away in a car; to take someone who is waiting by the road into your vehicle and take them somewhere
3.
to learn a new skill or start a habit without intending to
4.
to get an illness
5.
to buy something
6.
to receive an electronic signal on a radio or similar piece of equipment
7.
to earn money
8.
to win something such as a prize
9.
to notice a smell or sound, or to notice that someone or something is present
10.
to start talking to someone because you want to have sex with them
11.
to start something again, from the point where you stopped
12.
to improve; if something such as the wind picks up, it becomes stronger; if something picks up speed, it starts to move faster
13.
to pay for something
14.
to try to return to a normal life after a difficult experience
15.
to return to a situation that existed before something went wrong

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,搭便车搭便车,拾起拾起,探出探出,重新开始重新开始,捡起捡起,提货提货,衔起衔起
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
But it's a lot easier than picking up trash, you know, and doing that, so, you know, I gave it a try.
但这是一个容易得多拿起垃圾桶，你知道，这样做，所以，你知道，我给它一个尝试。
dàn zhè shì yī gè róng yì de duō ná qǐ lā jī tǒng , nǐ zhī dào , zhè yàng zuò , suǒ yǐ , nǐ zhī dào , wǒ gěi tā yī gè cháng shì 。
bbs.5i5i.cn
2.
In fact, some people might be happy to hang around the office for no salary at all in the hope of picking up some odd jobs.
实际上，有些人可能很高兴在办公室里瞎晃悠，不是为了薪水，而是希望找些零活儿干干。
shí jì shang , yǒu xiē rén kě néng hěn gāo xìng zài bàn gōng shì lǐ xiā huàng you , bú shì wèi le xīn shuǐ , ér shì xī wàng zhǎo xiē líng huó ér gàn gàn 。
blog.sina.com.cn
3.
However, many of you who keep abreast of what is happening all around the world, are picking up the clues to what is about to happen.
然而，你们许多人继续与所有发生在世界中的事情并肩前行，一直在取得关于一切发生之事的线索。
rán ér , nǐ men xǔ duō rén jì xù yǔ suǒ yǒu fā shēng zài shì jiè zhōng de shì qíng bìng jiān qián xíng , yì zhí zài qǔ de guān yú yí qiè fā shēng zhī shì de xiàn suǒ 。
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4.
Singer-songwriter Imogen Heap was one of the few British winners, picking up best engineered non-classical album for Ellipse.
创作歌手ImogenHeap是为数不多的英籍获奖者之一，她因唱片Ellipse摘取了最佳非古典工程专辑奖。
chuàng zuò gē shǒu ImogenHeap shì wéi shù bù duō de yīng jí huò jiǎng zhě zhī yī , tā yīn chàng piān Ellipse zhāi qǔ le zuì jiā fēi gǔ diǎn gōng chéng zhuān jí jiǎng 。
article.yeeyan.org
5.
"What's his comfort object called? " Lily asked, picking up the stuffed creature which had been placed beside the new child in his basket.
“他的舒服娃娃叫什麽？”莉莉问，一边拿起放在篮子里婴儿旁边的填充生物。
" tā de shū fu wá wa jiào shén mó ? " lì lì wèn , yì biān ná qǐ fàng zài lán zǐ lǐ yīng ér páng biān de tián chōng shēng wù 。
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6.
He said while he taught the younger players a thing or two about the sport, he was also picking up a lot from them.
贝尔德说，当他教年轻运动员这项运动的一些知识时，他也从他们身上学到了很多。
bèi ěr dé shuō , dāng tā jiāo nián qīng yùn dòng yuán zhè xiàng yùn dòng de yì xiē zhī shi shí , tā yě cóng tā men shēn shàng xué dào le hěn duō 。
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7.
First, she swung a slap at her husband's attacker. She followed up by picking up the plate and trying to strike him with it.
她一开始就扇了攻击她先生的攻击者一个耳光，然后捡起盘子试图以牙还牙，接着走回到丈夫身边。
tā yī kāi shǐ jiù shān le gōng jī tā xiān sheng de gōng jī zhě yī gè ěr guāng , rán hòu jiǎn qǐ pán zi shì tú yǐ yá huán yá , jiē zhe zǒu huí dào zhàng fu shēn biān 。
dongxi.net
8.
He said the company's tests show that Andrea is 44 times better at picking up a molecule of formaldehyde than a standard HEPA filter.
他说，公司的试验显示，安德里亚吸收甲醛的能力是标准的高效过滤器（HEPA）过滤纸的44倍。
tā shuō , gōng sī de shì yàn xiǎn shì , ān dé lǐ yà xī shōu jiǎ quán de néng lì shì biāo zhǔn de gāo xiào guò lǜ qì ( HEPA ) guò lǜ zhǐ de sì shí sì bèi 。
article.yeeyan.org
9.
While centre forward Thierry Henry rarely scores a tap-in, Pires seems to picking up a poacher's instincts as he gets older.
作为中锋的亨利很少打入包抄推射的入球，而皮雷在岁数增大的同时却获得了一个禁区杀手的灵感。
zuò wéi zhōng fēng de hēng lì hěn shǎo dǎ rù bāo chāo tuī shè de rù qiú , ér pí léi zài suì shu zēng dà de tóng shí què huò dé le yī gè jìn qū shā shǒu de líng gǎn 。
news.arsenal.com.cn
10.
A few days later, at twilight, the same boy appeared again, picking up the trail along the Tigris.
几天之后，一个黄昏，那个男孩又出现了，在底格里斯河的小径上跟上来和我一起跑。
jī tiān zhī hòu , yī gè huáng hūn , nà ge nán hái yòu chū xiàn le , zài dǐ gé lǐ sī hé de xiǎo jìng shàng gēn shàng lái hé wǒ yī qǐ pǎo 。
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