pick

/pɪk/

意味: 選択、つまむこと

例文: Momo’s pick was always the biggest fish.
　　  モモの選択はいつも一番大きな魚だった。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: pick up (拾う), pick out (選び出す), pick a fight (喧嘩を売る)

定義: 何かを選ぶ、取る、または拾うことを意味します。手で何かを持ち上げたり、選択肢の中から一つを選んだりする時に使います。果物や花を摘む時にも使います。

pickは約8,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the person or thing chosen or selected
Noun: the quantity of a crop that is harvested
Noun: the best people or things in a group
Noun: the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Noun: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument
Noun: a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material
Noun: a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
Noun: a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one’s body
Noun: the act of choosing or selecting
Verb: select carefully from a group
Verb: look for and gather
Verb: harass with constant criticism
Verb: provoke
Verb: remove in small bits
Verb: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits
Verb: pilfer or rob
Verb: pay for something
Verb: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
Verb: attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
Verb: hit lightly with a picking motion
Verb: eat intermittently; take small bites of

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

I will pick a red apple from the tree.(私は木から赤いリンゴを摘みます。)
She asked me to pick the best option.(彼女は私に最良の選択肢を選んでほしいと言いました。)
They pick flowers in the meadow every spring.(彼らは毎春、草原で花を摘みます。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he was my pick for mayor
Noun: he sent the first picking of berries to the market
Noun: it was the biggest peach pick in years
Noun: the cream of England’s young men were killed in the Great War
Noun: he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks
Noun: they used picks and sledges to break the rocks
Noun: he was called for setting an illegal pick
Noun: your choice of colors was unfortunate
Noun: you can take your pick
Verb: She finally picked her successor
Verb: He picked his way carefully
Verb: pick mushrooms
Verb: pick flowers
Verb: Don’t always pick on your little brother
Verb: pick a fight or a quarrel
Verb: pick meat from a bone
Verb: Clean the turkey
Verb: pick pockets
Verb: pick up the tab
Verb: pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages
Verb: foot the bill
Verb: he plucked the strings of his mandolin
Verb: Pick open the ice
Verb: He pieced at the sandwich all morning
Verb: She never eats a full meal–she just nibbles

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): beak, blame, break up, choice, clean, cream, cull, filling, find fault, foot, nibble, option, peck, pick, pickax, pickaxe, picking, piece, plectron, plectrum, pluck, plunk, selection, weft, woof

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): action, basketball play, choose, decision making, device, eat, edge tool, elite, gather, hand tool, knock, output, pay, pierce, provoke, pull, remove, rob, strike, thread

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abduct, ablate, accomplishment, acoustic device, adapter, adduct, admonish, adopt, adz, afterburner, agglomerator, aggression, airfoil, alarm, alienation, amputate, anoint, appliance, application, applicator, arrival, aspergill, aspirate, assign, attack, attract, autopilot, awl, ax, bail, bail out, bait, beat, beatification, belabor, bevel, billiard marker, bird feeder, birdnest, blame, blower, bodkin, bone, bootjack, breathalyzer, breathing device, bribe, brush, bruxism, bubbler, buffer, buffet, bur, burl, butt, call on the carpet, carve out, catapult, change, charge, charger, chip away, chisel, choice, chop, chosen, circumcise, clam, clean, clear, clear off, clip-on, clout, club, comb, come down, comforter, compensate, condense, conductor, contraceptive, converter, corer, corrective, cotton, course, crank, cream, cream off, crumb, crusher, cryptograph, cull, cull out, cutoff, dab, dampener, damper, de-iodinate, de-ionate, decalcify, decarbonize, decorticate, defang, deflector, defray, defuse, degas, dehorn, delete, delouse, demineralize, denounce, dental appliance, dental floss, deplore, depressor, desorb, destabilization, detector, determination, detoxify, devour, dial, dibble, diestock, dig, disburse, discharge, disembowel, dislodge, disparage, down, drag, draw, draw off, dredge, drive, drop forge, dunk, eat up, eclecticism, economy, elastic device, elect, electrical device, electronic device, eliminate, empanel, emphasizing, employment, empty, energizer, enucleate, epilate, excavate, excerpt, exenterate, exercise device, expectorate, explosive device, extirpate, extract, fan, fare, fetch, few, field, file, fill up, filter, finance, fire extinguisher, flare, flick, float, floss, foot, fumigator, garbage down, gas fixture, give-and-go, gluttonize, go dutch, gobble, gouge, graver, groover, groupthink, guard, gut, gutter, hammer, hand ax, hand shovel, harsh on, harvest, haul, head, heat exchanger, heater, hew, hive, hob, hold up, holding device, horn, hull, husk, hydrofoil, hypophysectomize, imprint, indicator, instrument, intelligentsia, interaction, interlock, interrupter, jab, jig, judgment, jumpstart, key, keyboard, kick back, kindness, kinetoscope, knife, knock, knock out, knocker, ladle, lastex, leach, lift, lifting device, ligature, lighter, machine, magnet, marlinespike, mechanism, memory device, metallic, miter box, mobilize, muck, musical instrument, muster, nest, nest egg, nibble, nitpick, nobility, noisemaker, nominate, nut, opener, optical device, option, overpay, override, oyster, pallet, paper feed, pay cash, pearl, peck, peeler, performance, pestle, pick, pick at, picking, pickings, pile, pile up, pincer, pipe cutter, pit, pitch in, pitchfork, plane, play, playing, pliers, pluck, plumber’s snake, plump, plunger, politeness, power takeoff, prefer, prepay, prod, prohibition, prompter, pull, pull back, purl, put up, rake, rap, ravehook, razor, ream, reap, redeem, reference, reflector, refund, release, remit, remote control, reprehend, reprimand, res gestae, resect, reset, resistance, restraint, reverence, reversal, round up, router, ruminate, runner, salvage, sandblaster, savage, saw, scale, scalp, scavenge, scissors, sclaff, scoop, scraper, scratcher, screen, screwdriver, scythe, seed, settlement, shear, shed, shell, shock, shoehorn, shoetree, shooting stick, shovel, shredder, shuck, sickle, sideswipe, sieve, sieve out, signaling device, single out, skim, slap, slurp, snail, snowshoe, society, soldering iron, sounder, source of illumination, spatula, specify, spend, sponge, spoon, spreader, spur, square, stabilizer, stem, stemmer, straightedge, straightener, strengthener, stretch, string, strip, stupefaction, stylus, subsidize, suction cup, support, suture, sweatbox, switch, synchroflash, take away, take off, take out, take-up, tap, tear away, teaser, thing, think of, throwing stick, tilter, tinsel, tip, tire iron, tithe, tongs, toy, transfusion, transgression, trap, trigger, trowel, tug, tusk, twitch, umpirage, unburden, underpay, undock, unhinge, unpack, unsaddle, unstring, unveil, valve, vampirism, vaporizer, ventilator, vote, vote in, warp, wash, wash down, washboard, water cooler, wear away, weed, weeder, whip, winch, winnow, wipe off, wire cutter, wire stripper, withdraw, wolf, woof, worsted, wrench, yank

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): berry, casting, coloration, decision, election, favorite, guitar pick, hand-pick, icepick, mattock, mushroom, pleasure, sampling, toothpick, twang, volition, vote, way

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: beak, blame, faultfinder, nibble, nibbler, opt, pecker, pick, picker, picking, pickings, piece, pluck, select

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: science, technology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検4級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive