pickup
英 ['p?k?p]
美['p?k?p]
- n. 收集，整理；小卡車；拾起；搭車者；偶然結識者
- n. (Pickup)人名；(英)皮卡普
考研中頻詞擴展詞匯
中文詞源
pickup 輕型貨車，小皮卡車
比喻用法。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He pulled to a stop behind a pickup truck.
- 他在一輛皮卡貨車后面停了下來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Frank Mariano negotiates the desert terrain in his battered pickup.
- 弗蘭克·馬里亞諾駕駛他那輛破爛不堪的皮卡車成功穿越了沙漠地帶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. a pickup in the housing market
- 房市景氣的好轉
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.
- 我愿意用這輛汽車換一輛小型輕便卡車.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. That lucky guy is a choice pickup for the girls.
- 那位幸運的男孩是女孩子們想勾搭上的人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》