pick·upBrE /ˈpɪkʌp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɪkʌp/ 🔊 noun (also ˈpickup 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 [countable] a person sb 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 [countable] ~ (in sth) an improvement 改进;好转;改善◆a pickup in the housing market房市景气的好转 [uncountable, countable] an occasion when sb/sth 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。🔊🔊 [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 [uncountable] (NAmE) a vehicle's ability to accelerate (= increase in speed) (车辆的)加速能力 pick·upBrE /ˈpɪkʌp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpɪkʌp/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (NAmE) (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。🔊🔊