English Dictionary

cherry picker

noun

A piece of equipment consisting of a large basket at the end of an extensible boom, often mounted on a truck body, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places such as power lines and tall trees.

The cherry picker was used to reach the high branches of the tree.

意味（1）

A piece of equipment consisting of a large basket at the end of an extensible boom, often mounted on a truck body, and used by workers to reach inaccessible places such as power lines and tall trees.

Earlier police used a cherry picker to clear protesters perched on a wooden structure built to block the road at Oxford Circus.

意味（2）

A cantilevered tool for installing or removing the engine block from a vehicle (also known as an engine crane or engine hoist)

意味（3）

A person or group that picks the best for themselves; one who cherry-picks.

意味（4）

A person or group that picks only evidence which supports an argument and ignores evidence which contradicts it; one who cherry-picks.

Two conclusions stand out: The Bible is a cherry-picker's paradise, and human beings cannot function without double standards.

意味（5）

A person or device that harvests cherries, or that aids in the harvesting of cherries.

A relatively high proportion of the cost of production of RSP cherries is in the picking. Pickers are paid …. There is considerable interest in a mechanical cherry picker which is reported to be able to double each picker's output.