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词汇 pickup
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pickup
Theme: ARREST
n. an arrest. (Underworld.)
Send Sergeant Townsend out to make the pickup.The cop made a pickup right across the street.
Theme: ENGINE
n. the power of a car's engine as reflected in the car's ability to reach a high speed quickly.
This car has more pickup than I really need.Little cars hardly ever have enough pickup.
Theme: INCREASE
n. a sudden increase in something, such as speed or tempo in music.
We need a bit of a pickup at measure forty-three.There will be a pickup in sales during the Christmas season.
Theme: PEOPLE - SEX
n. someone whose acquaintance is made solely for sexual purposes.
She's no date. She's just a pickup.She had the gall to show up at the dance with a pickup in street clothes.
Theme: STIMULANT
n. something eaten or drunk to boost energy.
Bartender, I need a little pickup.She stopped at a candy machine for a pickup.
Theme: SUDDEN
mod. spontaneous; unplanned. (Especially with ball games where the members of the team are “picked up” from whoever is available.)
He stopped at the basketball court for a pickup game with the boys.A pickup game can be fun if the sides are evenly matched.
pickup
noun
1
a short-term sexual partner US, 1871.
2
a police order to detain and bring a person to the station for questioning US, 1977.
3
in the entertainment industry, a commitment to finance production of a set number of episodes of a television programme US, 1993

pick-up artist

A man devoted to using a specific set of strategies in order to seduce ("pick up") women, and who perhaps instructs other men in how to do the same. You know how everyone tells you to just be yourself when talking to a girl? Well, a pick-up artist will tell you to do the opposite.

pickup

1. n. something eaten or drunk to boost energy; a pick-me-up. Bartender, I need a little pickup.
2. n. a sudden increase in something, such as speed or tempo in music. There will be a pickup in sales during the Christmas season.
3. mod. spontaneous; unplanned. (see also scratch.) A pickup game can be fun if the sides are evenly matched.
4. n. an arrest. (Underworld.) Send Sergeant Townsend out to make the pickup.
5. n. someone whose acquaintance is made solely for sexual purposes. She’s no date. She’s just a pickup.
6. n. the power of a car’s engine as reflected in the car’s ability to reach a high speed quickly. Little cars hardly ever have enough pickup.
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