picker
picker — noun
- pickersingular
- pickersplural
1. someone who selects something from a group of options, making a choice about wha
someone who selects something from a group of options, making a choice about what to take
Hugo is a careful picker when it comes to hiring new staff.
collocation: careful picker
As a picker of lottery numbers, Rin always uses the same six digits.
pattern: a picker of + [noun phrase]
As the picker of the office Secret Santa, Nila drew names from a hat and kept the list hidden.
Rachid turned out to be a lucky picker when he chose the prize-winning raffle ticket on his first try.
Devika proved to be a fast picker when sorting through the market's fabric rolls.
常見錯誤
2. a worker or mechanical device that harvests fruit, vegetables, or flowers by rem
a worker or mechanical device that harvests fruit, vegetables, or flowers by removing them from the plant
Ignacio worked as a tomato picker in the fields near Almería every summer.
compound noun: [crop] + picker
Mert drove the mechanical apple picker through the orchard before the first frost.
The farm hired thirty extra pickers when the strawberry season began in April.
Mira spent six hours as a tea-leaf picker on the steep hillsides of Darjeeling.
A cotton picker machine can replace fifty workers in a single afternoon.
用法筆記
Often combined with a crop name before it: tomato picker, cotton picker, fruit picker. The machine sense is usually clarified by context or by adding the word 'machine'.
3. a shop or warehouse employee who collects items from storage shelves to fill cus
a shop or warehouse employee who collects items from storage shelves to fill customer orders, especially for online shopping
Rachid took a night job as a picker at the Amazon warehouse outside town.
compound: night job as a picker
A supermarket picker walks up to twelve kilometres per shift collecting online orders.
Nila wore a headset that directed her to each aisle as a picker.
The picker scanned the barcode and took the item from shelf B12.
Henry started as a supermarket picker before being promoted to shift supervisor.
- order assembler
formal industry term used in job descriptions
- warehouse operative
covers a wider range of warehouse tasks beyond order picking
用法筆記
Used in retail and logistics job titles. Distinguish from sense 2 (HARVEST WORKER): sense 3 works indoors with packaged goods, while sense 2 works outdoors with crops.
常見錯誤
4. a musician who plucks the strings of an instrument like a guitar or banjo, typic
a musician who plucks the strings of an instrument like a guitar or banjo, typically performing folk or country tunes
Caio is a talented guitar picker who plays in a bluegrass band on weekends.
compound: guitar picker
The banjo picker launched into a fast solo that made the crowd clap.
register: informal country-music usage
Asher learned to be a picker by watching old country music videos.
Every Friday the three pickers gathered on the front porch with their guitars.
A young picker from Cork dreams of recording with a Nashville label one day.
- instrumentalist
much broader — refers to any musician regardless of instrument type
- plucker
less common and more technical; describes the action rather than the musician
用法筆記
Typically refers to plucked string instruments such as guitar or banjo. Frequently appears in compound form: guitar picker, banjo picker.