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 pick·up /ˈpɪkˌʌp/
 拾起,加速,刺激,電視攝像

 pickup
 拾音;拾波;檢取;拾音器;傳感器;電視攝象管 PU

 pickup
 拾 撿

 Pick·up, or  Pick-up , n.  [Colloq., Cant, or Slang]
 1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
 2.  That which picks up; specif.: Elec. same as Brush b.
 3.  One that is picked up, as a meal hastily got up for the occasion, a chance acquaintance, an informal game, etc.
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 pickup
      n 1: a light truck with an open body and low sides and a
           tailboard [syn: pickup truck]
      2: a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on
         that man"
      3: anything with restorative powers; "she needed the pickup
         that coffee always gave her" [syn: pick-me-up]
      4: a casual acquaintance; often made in hope of sexual
         relationships
      5: the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his
         car has a lot of pickup" [syn: getaway]
      6: mechanical device consisting of a light balanced arm that
         carries the cartridge [syn: tone arm, pickup arm]
      7: an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm
         of a record player that holds the needle and that is
         removable [syn: cartridge]
      8: the act or process of picking up or collecting from various
         places; "garbage pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays"
      9: the act of taking aboard passengers or freight