English Dictionary

picking

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɪkɪŋ/

名詞

A gathering to pick fruit. / (usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

日本語の意味

果物狩り（果物を収穫するために集まる行事） / （通常複数形で用いられ）他の人が選んだ後に残った食品などの残り物

The annual picking at the orchard brings together neighbors to harvest ripe apples.

その年恒例の果物狩りは、近所の人々を集めて熟したリンゴを収穫します。

意味（1）

A gathering to pick fruit.

We went to a strawberry picking last June.

意味（2）

(usually pluralized) Items remaining after others have selected the best; scraps, as of food.

Gilbert wandered through . . .the haunts of ravenous dogs and homeless cats that kept themselves alive on the choice pickings of the city's garbage.

意味（3）

(usually pluralized) Income or other gains, especially if obtained in an unscrupulous or objectionable manner.

He liked the pickings which the job brought him much better than the job itself.

意味（4）

Something picked or pulled out.

The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom.

意味（5）

The act of making a choice; selection.

意味（6）

The final finishing of woven fabrics by removing burs, etc.

意味（7）

The removal of defects from electrotype plates.

意味（8）

Dabbing in stoneworking.

pickings （ plural ）