cherry picker

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of equipment consisting of a large basket at the end of an extensible boom, often mounted on a truck body, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places such as power lines and tall trees.
    — Near-synonym: man lift
  2. A cantilevered tool for installing or removing a vehicle's engine block.
  3. A person or device that harvests cherries, or that aids in the harvesting of cherries.
    — A relatively high proportion of the cost of production of RSP cherries is in the picking. Pickers are paid […]. There is considerable interest in a mechanical cherry picker which is reported to be able to double each picker's output.
  4. A person or group that picks the best for themselves; one who cherry-picks. figuratively
  5. A person or group that picks only evidence which supports an argument and ignores evidence which contradicts it; one who cherry-picks. figuratively
    — Two conclusions stand out: The Bible is a cherry-picker's paradise, and human beings cannot function without double standards.

词形变化

cherry pickers plural cherrypicker alternative cherry-picker alternative

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