pick up用法和含义众多，这里只就最重要的几种用法进行讲解。

1. （通常指开车、船等）接载，取走；也可以是接载货物

We drove to the airport the next morning to pick up Susan.

我们第二天早晨开车去机场接苏姗。

I’ll pick you up at school. Meet me at the front gate. 我去学校接你，前门见。

Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today?

今天你能帮我个忙去学校接萨姆吗？

The trucks waited at the warehouse to pick up their loads.

货车在仓库等着装载货物。

2. 拿起；提起；拾起；捡起; 拿，取回;接电话；买；缴纳、支付；收拾（物品、残局等）赚钱

He picked his cap up from the floor and stuck it back on his head...

他从地板上拾起帽子，重新戴在头上。

Pick up one of our free information sheets at reception.

请在接待处拿一份我们的免费资料。

She bent forward to pick up the newspaper.

她弯腰去捡报纸。

She bent down to pick up her glove.

她俯身去捡手套。

Can you pick up my suit from the cleaner‘s?

你能帮我从干洗店取回我的套装吗？

She was going over to her parents‘ house to pick up some clean clothes for Oskar.

她正要去父母家为奥斯卡收拾几件干净的衣服。

You cannot live your children‘s lives for them; you can only be there to pick up the pieces when things go wrong.

你不能替孩子过活，只能在出现问题时帮忙解决。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

I’ll pick my book up at your place. Are you gonna be home?

我会去你家拿书，你会在家吗？

Someone’s calling you. Are you gonna pick up? 有人在给你打电话，你要接吗？

Can you pick up some milk on the way home? 你回家的路上能买些牛奶吗？

The government will continue to pick up college fees for some students.

政府将继续替一些学生缴纳学费。

The company will pick up the tab for your hotel room.

公司将为你付旅馆住宿费。

Hollywood is nothing if not creative, especially if someone else will pick up the bills.

好莱坞是极有创造力的地方，尤其是如果有人肯埋单的话。

He was trying to pick up some cash scalping tickets.

他那时正想通过倒票赚点儿钱。

3. （跌倒或被击倒后）使（自己）慢慢站起（或爬起）

Anthony picked himself up and set off along the track.

安东尼自己慢慢爬起来，又开始沿着跑道跑下去。

4. （健康）好转，恢复

A good dose of tonic will help you to pick up.

一剂好的补品将有助于身体康复。

5. （不费力地）获得，学会

Where did you pick up your English?

你在哪儿学的英语？

6. 重提，接过（观点或话题）

Can I just pick up that gentleman‘s point?

我能接着那位先生的意思往下说吗？

Alright class, let’s pick up from last time. 好的，同学们。我们接着上一次的来。

7. （以发生X关系为目的）搭识，与…搭讪

e had picked her up at a nightclub on Kallari Street, where she worked as a singer.

他是在卡拉里街的一家夜总会和她搭上的，她在那儿当歌手。

8. (贸易、经济) 改善；加速

Industrial production is beginning to pick up.

工业生产正在开始好转。

Chinese officials hope that trade will pick up when the two countries switch to hard currency.

中方官员希望两国在转向使用硬通货后，贸易会有起色。

The train began to pick up speed.

火车开始加速。

9. 逮捕

Rawlings had been picked up by police at his office.

罗林斯在他的办公室被警察逮捕了。

10.接收（信息、信号等）

It is possible to plug into remote databases to pick up information.

接入远程数据库来获取信息是可以办到的。

We can pick up Italian television.

我们能收看到意大利电视台的节目。