āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
pick out
/pËÉĒk ËaĘt/
to pick out
[phrase form: pick]
01
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to choose among a group of people or things
Transitive: to pick out sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She picked the best candidates out for the interview from the long list.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻā§āώāĻžāϤā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϏā§āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϰā§āĻĨā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to identify someone or something in a group, often because of their unique features
Transitive: to pick out a sensory stimulant
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With his sharp eyes, he can pick out distant ships on the horizon.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϤā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻāύā§āϤ⧠āĻĻā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻāĻŋāύāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to see in an unclear and blurry manner, often due to low light, distance, etc.
Transitive: to pick out a shape
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
From a distance, it was hard to pick out the details of the distant mountain range.
āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§, āĻĻā§āϰā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĻŦāϤāĻļā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏā§āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to make something noticeable, usually by using different colors, designs, material, etc.
Transitive: to pick out sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The carvings on the wooden door were picked out in white.
āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āϰ āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻĻāĻž āϰāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05
āĻāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻļā§āύ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§
to play a piece of music by ear, without the use of sheet music
Transitive: to pick out a musical piece
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After a few tries, he managed to pick the melody out on his guitar.
āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āϏā§āϰāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāύāĨ¤
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