English Dictionary

pickup

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 限定用法 通常

In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal. / electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations / (US, Canada) A pickup truck.

日本語の意味

レコードプレーヤーにおいて、針の振動を電気信号に変換するエレクトロマグネティックコンポーネント / (米国、カナダ) ピックアップトラック

I replaced the pickup on my vintage turntable to improve the sound quality.

音質を改善するために、私は古いターンテーブルのフォノカートリッジを交換した。

意味（1）

In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.

意味（2）

electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations

意味（3）

(US, Canada) A pickup truck.

Franklin is beside himself, revving up the engine in the pickup.

意味（4）

(usually attributive) Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.

Rather than join a basketball league, James decided to play pickup.

意味（5）

An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter. See also pick-up line, pick-up joint, pickup artist.

Hey, thanks for the drink, but if this is a pickup, I'm not interested.

意味（6）

A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.

But what about the women who still go to bars — are they completely unaffected by these negative connotations? Hardly. No woman wants to think of herself as being an easy pick-up […]

意味（7）

(sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.

The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.

意味（8）

(video games) An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.

Every step of the way you come across absolutely loads of aliens, pick-ups and new and weird obstacles to overcome.

意味（9）

(US, Canada) The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. See also gain

The returns from the election show Apple Party candidate Jane Doe has made a pickup in the district of City West defeating Orange Party Incumbent Joe Smith

意味（10）

The act of answering a telephone.

That's why the phone at the theater's on automatic pickup.

意味（11）

(film) A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.

意味（12）

The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.

Owner Philip Schaffart said a precoronavirus Tuesday typically brought in $2,500 in revenue. This past Tuesday, he said, that amount dwindled to $300 as his place was open only for pickup and delivery.

意味（13）

(uncountable) A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.

These signs are friendly reminders for road users to slow down during drop-off and pick-up.

意味（14）

(uncountable) The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.

The Willys-Overland won't be the fastest car on the road or have the best pickup, but it will have a top speed of eighty miles per hour, and its makers are confident that no car in its class will excel it in economy of fuel and upkeep.

意味（15）

(uncountable) The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.

Newsweek gave it a big write-up, as did many trade journals, including, Editor and Publisher. And our articles get pickup as far west as the Tombstone Epitaph in Arizona.

pickups （ plural ）