English Dictionary

pick off

動詞

直訳

(literally) To remove by picking. / To dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. precisely, one by one. / To shoot one by one.

日本語の意味

一つずつ選び出して取り除く / タスクや障害、対戦相手などを一つずつ正確に排除する / 一つずつ撃ち落とす

She taught me how to pick off the dead leaves from the rose bush without damaging the stem.

彼女は茎を傷つけずにバラの枯れ葉を摘み取る方法を教えてくれた。

意味（1）

(literally) To remove by picking.

Before you recycle the bottle you need to pick off the label.

意味（2）

To dispose of tasks, obstacles, opponents etc. precisely, one by one.

意味（3）

To shoot one by one.

The sniper picked off the incoming police one at a time.

意味（4）

(baseball) To throw out a runner by tagging them whilst they are not in contact with any of the three bases or home plate.

The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe.

意味（5）

To intercept, such as a ball in flight.

But the World Cup winning veteran's left boot was awry again, the attempt sliced horribly wide of the left upright, and the saltires were waving aloft again a moment later when a long pass in the England midfield was picked off to almost offer up a breakaway try.

picks off （ present singular third-person ）

picking off （ participle present ）

picked off （ participle past ）

picked off （ past ）