Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - pick out
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Pick out
pick out
1. If you pick out someone or something, you recognize them when it is difficult to see them, for example because they are among a large group. The detective-constable picked out the words with difficulty... Steven describes himself as ‘a regular guy–you couldn’t pick me out of a crowd’. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 2. If you pick out someone or something, you choose them from a group of people or things. I have been picked out to represent the whole team... There are so many great newscasters it’s difficult to pick one out. = select PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 3. If part of something is picked out in a particular colour, it is painted in that colour so that it can be seen clearly beside the other parts. The name is picked out in gold letters over the shop-front. = highlight PHRASAL VERB: usu passive, be V-ed P
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1.
transitive verb Date: 1540 1. discern, make out 2. to play the notes of by ear or one by one picking out tunes on the piano ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
1. выдергивать; вытаскивать he picked out a book —- он вытащил книгу 2. выбирать to pick out the winners —- заранее определить победителей 3. поражать (о болезни) 4. отличать, различать to pick out the good from the bad —- отличать добро от зла to pick out smb. in the crowd —- узнать кого-л. в толпе the searchlight picked out the plane —- прожектор нащупал самолет his house is easily picked out from the rest —- его дом легко отличить от других 5. понимать, схватывать смысл he picked out the meaning of the passage —- он уловил смысл абзаца 6. подбирать по слуху she picked out a tune on the piano —- она подобрала по слуху мелодию на рояле 7. отделывать, украшать; оттенять to pick out in gold —- отделать золотом the houses in the painting were picked out in white —- дома на картине были выделены белым цветом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
3.
{v.} 1. To choose. * /It took Mary a long time to pick out a dress at the store./ 2. To see among others; recognize; tell from others. * /We could pick out different places in the city from the airplane./ * /We could not pick Bob out in the big crowd./ Syn.: MAKE OUT(2). 3. To find by examining or trying; tell the meaning. * /The box was so dirty we couldn't pick out the directions on the label./ Compare: FIND OUT. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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