pickup

noun
🔊/ˈpɪkʌp/
🔊/ˈpɪkʌp/
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  1. (also pickup truck)
    [countable] a vehicle with low sides and no roof at the back used, for example, by farmers轻型货车;敞篷小货车;皮卡货车
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
  2. [countable] a person somebody meets for the first time, for example in a bar, with whom they start a sexual relationship偶然结识的调情者
    • casual pickups游戏鸳鸯
  3. [countable] pickup (in something) an improvement改进;好转;改善
    • a pickup in the housing market房市景气的好转
  4. [uncountable, countable] an occasion when somebody/something is collected接人;收取物品;提货
    • Goods are delivered not later than noon on the day after pickup.货物递送不迟于收件后的第二天中午。🔊🔊
  5. [countable] the part of a record player or musical instrument that changes electrical signals into sound, or sound into electrical signals(唱机的)唱头,磁头
  6. [uncountable] (North American English) a vehicle’s ability to accelerate(车辆的)加速能力 (= increase in speed)

pickup

adjective
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  1. (of a sports game体育比赛) often not planned in advance and that anyone who wants to can join in临时拼凑的;临时组织的
    • A group of kids started a pickup game of basketball on the street outside.一群孩子在外面开始了即兴街头篮球赛。🔊🔊