◙ noun 1. (也作 pickup truck)a small van or truck with low sides • 小卡车;轻型货车 2. [often as modifier] an act of collecting a person or goods, especially in a vehicle • 集运 »travel by coach from your local pickup point to your hotel. 坐大巴士从你们当地的集运点前往酒店。 [mass noun] the reception of signals, especially interference or noise, by electrical apparatus • 检波,拾音,收听 3. [informal] a casual encounter with someone with a view to having sexual intercourse • [非正式] 偶然结识,萍水相逢 a person met in such an encounter • 卖淫者,娼妓 4. an improvement in an economic indicator • (经济指标的)好转,恢复 »signs of a pickup in demand. 需求转好的迹象。 5. a device that produces an electrical signal in response to some other kind of signal or change, in particular • 根据某种信号或变化而发出电信号的设备,尤指 the cartridge of a record player, carrying the stylus • (唱机的)收唱器(包括唱头、唱针等) a device on a musical instrument, particularly an electric guitar, which converts sound vibrations into electrical signals for amplification • (乐器上的)拾音器,转接器,选接器;放大器 6. [Music] a series of introductory notes leading into the opening part of a tune • [乐] 序曲 7. [Fishing] a semicircular loop of metal for guiding the line back on to the spool as it is reeled in • [渔] 拾线圈 ◙ adjective 1. [attrib.] [N. Amer. informal] informal and spontaneous • [北美,非正式] 非正式的;自发的 »a pickup basketball game. 一场非正式篮球赛。