pick out
pick
pÉĒk
pik
out
aƊt
awt
/pˈÉĒk ˈaƊt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pick out"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to pick out
[phrase form: pick]
01

āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to choose among a group of people or things
Transitive: to pick out sb/sth
to pick out definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She picked the best candidates out for the interview from the long list.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻžāχ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to identify someone or something in a group, often because of their unique features
Transitive: to pick out a sensory stimulant
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With his sharp eyes, he can pick out distant ships on the horizon.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻšā§‹āĻ– āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āϚāĻŋāύāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϭ⧇āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to see in an unclear and blurry manner, often due to low light, distance, etc.
Transitive: to pick out a shape
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
From a distance, it was hard to pick out the details of the distant mountain range.
āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇, āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something noticeable, usually by using different colors, designs, material, etc.
Transitive: to pick out sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The carvings on the wooden door were picked out in white.
āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϰ āĻ–ā§‹āĻĻāĻžāχāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĻāĻž āϰāϙ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ›āĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻ•āĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋, āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāύ⧋

to play a piece of music by ear, without the use of sheet music
Transitive: to pick out a musical piece
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After a few tries, he managed to pick the melody out on his guitar.
āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻŋāϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āϏ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāύāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ