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If someone is picky, they only like particular things, not others, and they are not easy to please.
If someone is picky如果一個人很picky, they only like particular things, not others表示他們只喜歡特定的東西，不喜歡別的, and they are not easy to please而且不容易讓他們滿意.
Food is the famous case: a picky will not touch vegetables, or will only eat one kind of bread. But you can be picky about clothes, friends, or how a room is cleaned.
Food is the famous case食物是最有名的例子: a picky eater will not touch vegetables挑食的人(a picky eater)不會碰蔬菜, or will only eat one kind of bread或是只吃某一種麵包. But但, you can be picky about clothes, friends, or how a room is cleaned你也可以對衣服、朋友，或房間打掃的方式很picky.
It is informal, and it can sting a little — it says the person is making a fuss. British English also likes and ; picky is very common in American English and well understood everywhere.
It is informal這是口語用法, and it can sting a little而且講出來可能會有點刺耳 — it says the person is making a fuss意思是說這個人很愛挑剔、很麻煩. British English also likes fussy and choosy英式英文也常用fussy和choosy; picky is very common in American Englishpicky在美式英文裡非常常見, and well understood everywhere而且到哪裡大家都聽得懂.
Though actually, being picky is sometimes wise: you can be picky about who you trust. Tone decides whether it is a complaint or a small compliment.
Though actually不過其實, being picky is sometimes wisepicky有時候也是明智的: you can be picky about who you trust你可以對要信任誰這件事很挑. Tone語氣 decides whether it is a complaint or a small compliment決定了這是抱怨還是一種小小的稱讚.
組成pick + -y：滿滿都是「挑」——一直選、常常說不要。
同家族的字
- pickto pick is to choose; a picky person keeps choosing and saying no
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pickyadj/ˈpɪki/
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Fussy; particular; demanding to have things just right.
- I am very picky about the way my kitchen is laid out.
- Most of the pickiest children were actually in the middle weight group, though a few were underweight and a few were overweight.
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Of food or a meal: consisting of various small items from which the diner can pick and choose.
- picky bits
- picky tea
pickynoun/ˈpɪki/
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informalA picture.
- And who knows, I might do a few pickies of you - fully clothed, needless to say.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。