pick out

選ぶ、選び出す

集団やいくつかの選択肢の中から、人や物を選ぶ。

やさしい英語で： To choose someone or something from a group or range of choices.

• Pick out a book you like.
• She picked out a blue dress for the party.
• Have you picked your birthday present out yet?

使い方： pick something out for someone (I picked out a book for my brother.)

類義語： choose, select, pick

よく使う表現： pick out a dress, pick out a gift, pick out someone

見分ける、識別する

見つけにくくても、多くの中から特定の人や物を見分ける。

やさしい英語で： To recognize a particular person or thing among others, even when this is difficult.

• I picked him out in the crowd.
• Can you pick out your house in this photograph?
• She could barely pick out his voice above the traffic.

使い方： pick someone/something out in/from something (I picked her out in the crowd.)

類義語： identify, recognize, distinguish

よく使う表現： pick out a face, pick out someone, pick out a sound, pick out a flavour

取り除く、つまみ出す

何かの中にある小さな物を、普通は指で取り除く。

やさしい英語で： To remove small things from something, usually with your fingers.

• Pick out the fish bones.
• She picked tiny pieces of glass out of her sleeve.
• Have you picked all the seeds out?

使い方： pick something out of something (Pick the small stones out of the rice.)

類義語： remove, extract

よく使う表現： pick out the bones, pick out small stones

音を探りながら弾く

音を一つずつ探しながら、曲をゆっくり弾く。

やさしい英語で： To play a tune slowly, finding the notes as you go.

• She picked out a tune on the piano.
• I can pick out the melody if you sing it again.
• He was picking out the notes with one finger.

使い方： pick out something on an instrument (He picked out a simple tune on the piano.)

よく使う表現： pick out a tune, pick out a melody

別の色で際立たせる

細かな部分を別の色で塗り、目立つようにする。

やさしい英語で： To paint small details in a different colour so that they stand out.

• Pick out the edges in white.
• The artist picked out the carved leaves in pale green.
• The door’s lettering was picked out in gold.

使い方： pick something out in a colour (They picked the carved flowers out in gold.)

類義語： highlight, accent

よく使う表現： pick out the details, pick out in gold