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desperate housewife,season 2,episode 12:
Tom:the boys were sent home from school
Lynette:what!why?I called.the machine kept picking up
pick up
Tom:孩子们被学校送回来了
lynette:什么?为什么?我打电话了,都转到了留言机
the machine kept picking up我不大理解
(直译留言机一直接收吗?转到了留言机?or sth?thanks in advance)

Answer 1

pick up
拾起, 捡起; 抬起
He picked up the child and put her on his shoulders.
他抱起孩子, 让她骑在自己的肩膀上.
I picked up your book by mistake.
我拿错了你的书.
I would have picked it up if I had noticed it.
我如果看见的话, 我早就把它拣起来了.
安排接取; 使搭乘; 搭救
The ship calls at each port on this coast to pick up passengers and mail.
那艘轮船在沿海每个港口停下, 搭载乘客和接取邮件.
Please wait at the school gate. John will pick you up there.
请在校门口等候, 约翰会到那里接你.
The shipwrecked sailors were picked up by a passing boat.
一艘过路的船只搭救了遭受船难的水手.
爬〔站〕起来; 振作起来
His spirits picked up.
他的精神振奋起来了.
Pick yourself up and brush yourself down.
自己爬起来, 把衣服掸干净.
It's hard to pick yourself up after such a terrible shock.
经历这样可怕的打击后, 就很难再振奋起来了.
使增加〔加快〕
The car began to pick up the moment the vehicle got onto the motorway.
一开上高速公路, 车子的速度就加快了.
The car picks up speed with just a touch of the accelerator.
这辆车只要你一触加速器就会加速.
收拾东西〔屋子〕
Children, it's time to pick up and have supper.
孩子们, 该收拾吃晚饭了.
Pick up your room before you go out, please.
请在离开之前整理好房间.
The room must be picked up before the guests arrive.
这个房间在客人到达之前必须收拾出来.
掘, 挖
The peasants were picking up in the field.
农民们在田里翻地.
The man was picking up the ground very hard.
那个人正在使劲地挖地.
The frozen ground will have to be picked up by hand before machine digging can begin.
这冻土必须挖过后才能用掘土机掘土.
染上
He must have picked up a cold—he's begun to snuffle.
他开始鼻塞, 一定是感冒了.
捉住, 逮住
He was implicated in a murder, and sooner or later they would pick him up.
他和一宗凶杀案有牵连, 迟早他们会逮捕他的.
He is picked up on a charge of killing a man.
他因犯有杀人罪而被逮捕.
好转; 恢复
When is the weather going to pick up? It's been bad for weeks.
天气什么时候转好?几周来一直很糟糕.
Trade has been slack for the past six months, but it is now picking up.
在过去六个月中贸易一直不景气, 但现在状况正在好转.
He has picked up slowly since he came out of hospital.
他自出院以来, 身体恢复得很慢.
The writer's personal appearance picked up the sales of the book considerably.
那位作家亲自到场, 使那本书的销售量大增.
A bit of exercise will pick you up.
你稍微运动运动就会恢复健康的.