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

• His guest finally did arrive at the restaurant only to pick at her food and leave early.
  他的客人终于到了饭店，但她只勉强吃了几口，早早离开了。
• 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。
• When the opportunities avail themselves, they pick away at us.
  他们一逮到机会就把我们抓来。
• Finally, an example is given to illustrate pick movement at cloth-fell during multiple beat-up operations.
  最后，举例阐述了纬纱在打纬过程中，在织口处往复运动的经过。
• 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！
• Atlanta also owns Indiana's pick at No.11, as part of the trade that sent Al Harrington to the Pacers last summer.
  亚特兰大，也赢得印第安纳的11顺位，这是作为去年夏天将哈灵顿卖给步行者的交易之一。
• 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。
• Both cases Kenya and Uganda although established diplomatic relations with China immediately after independence direct investments began to pick up at the beginning of the new century.
  肯尼亚与乌干达都在独立后立即与中国建立外交关系。新世纪伊始，直接投资便开始出现。
• I will pick you up at the end of the road.
  我会在那条路的尽头接你。
• 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。