"picked over" 怎么发音

expression

US

ˈpɪkt/ /ˈoʊvɝ

PIKT-OH-ver

UK

pˈɪkt/ /ˈəʊvɐ

PIKT-OH-vuh

释义

"Picked over" means that something, usually a group of items, has already been searched through or selected from, leaving only what others didn't want or the less desirable options.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈpɪkt/ /ˈoʊvɝ

英式英语

pˈɪkt/ /ˈəʊvɐ

简化发音

美式

PIKT-OH-ver

英式

PIKT-OH-vuh

语境中听

By the end of the sale, the clothes were pretty picked over.

These books are all picked over; there aren’t many good ones left.

The thrift shop felt so picked over that I left empty-handed.

All the best pastries had been picked over before I arrived.