picking

picking and stealling

扒窃

They were picking cotton.

他们在采棉花

The baby is picking at the bedclothes.

婴儿在抓弄被褥。

just a cotton-picking minute!.

就那该死的一分钟！。

a nit-picking legalistic exercise.

死抠条文的演练。

the old woman was picking at the sheet.

那位老太太在那张被单。

The artist is picking in shadows in the picture.

这位画家正在画面上画阴影。

a cotton-picking fool; out of your cotton-picking mind.

一个大大的傻瓜；忘得一干二净

picking a remedy can be a bit hit-and-miss.

挑选治疗法可能会有点随意性。

now, please don't start picking at Ruth.

喂，请别找鲁思的茬啦。

he made the mistake of picking a quarrel with John.

他不该和约翰吵架。

picking up snatches of conversation.

听到了对话的语。

At work he’s always picking quarrels.

工作时他总是惹事。

He's always picking about something.

他总是对一些事吹毛求疵

a cadaverous mongrel picking through the garbage.

从垃圾堆里捡来的瘦弱的混血儿

He sat there ruminating and picking at the tablecloth.

他坐在那儿沉思, 轻轻地抚弄着桌布。

The sick boy was only picking at his food.

这个有病的孩子吃了几口饭。

The peasants were picking up in the field.

农民们在田里翻地。

The man was picking up the ground very hard.

那个人正在使劲地挖地。

He and his mates were out picking mangoes.

他和他的同伴出去摘芒果了。