picker

/'pikə/

Thân thiện

The picker carefully selects the ripest apples from the tree.

Definition

Noun: 1. A person who gathers crops, fruits, or other items by hand: This refers to someone whose job or activity involves harvesting or collecting things, often from plants or the ground. 2. A person who chooses or selects something: This refers to someone who makes a selection from a set of options, often implying careful choice.

Usage and Examples

• As a person who gathers:
  • She worked as a strawberry picker during the summer. (She harvested strawberries.)
  • The coffee pickers start their work at dawn. (The people who gather coffee beans begin early.)
• As a person who chooses:
  • He was the first picker in the draft, selecting the best player. (He was the first person to choose in the selection process.)
  • As the team's talent picker, she has an excellent eye for potential. (Her role is to select talented individuals.)

Advanced Usage and Specialized Meanings

• In music and technology: A picker can refer to a small, flat tool (a plectrum) used to pluck the strings of a guitar or similar instrument. While this is a distinct object, the term derives from the action of 'picking' the strings.
  • He prefers using a thin picker for a brighter sound.
• In computing and user interfaces: A color picker or date picker is a tool that allows a user to select a specific color or date from a range of options. This usage extends from the meaning of 'a person/thing that chooses'.
  • Use the color picker tool to change the background.

Variants and Related Words

• Pick (verb): The core action from which 'picker' is derived, meaning to gather, choose, or pluck.
• Picking (noun/gerund): The activity or process of gathering or selecting.
• Pickaxe (noun): A heavy tool with a pointed end, used for breaking up hard ground. (Note: This is a compound word and a distinct tool, not a variant of 'picker' itself).

Synonyms

• For a gatherer: Harvester, gatherer, collector.
• For a chooser: Selector, chooser.

Related Phrases and Compounds

• Fruit picker: A person who harvests fruit.
• Order picker: A warehouse worker who selects items to fulfill customer orders; also a type of machinery used for this purpose.
• Lock picker: A person who uses tools to open locks without a key. (This relates to a specialized tool, the 'pick', not directly to the person noun 'picker', but the term is commonly used).

Học thuật

Noun

1. someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
2. a person who chooses or selects out

Từ đồng nghĩa

• chooser
• selector