| 词汇 | pluck |
| 释义 | pluck (noun) pluck 2 ENTRIES FOUND: pluck (verb) pluck (noun) 1 pluck /ˈplʌk/ verb plucks; plucked; plucking 1 pluck /ˈplʌk/ verb plucks; plucked; plucking Learner's definition of PLUCK 1 [+ object] : to pull (something) quickly to remove it拔掉；扯掉；摘掉 My sister plucked a white hair from my head.妹妹从我头上拔掉了一根白发。 The hunter plucked the bird's feathers.猎人拔掉了那只鸟的羽毛。 plucking petals off/from a flower摘掉花瓣 pluck [=pick] a lemon from the tree从树上摘下一个柠檬 2 [+ object] : to remove some or all of the feathers or hairs from (something)退毛；拔毛发 They plucked a chicken.他们拔掉了鸡毛。 She plucks her eyebrows. [=she regularly removes some of the hairs in her eyebrows to make her eyebrows have a particular shape]她经常修眉。 3 always followed by an adverb or preposition [+ object] a : to take (someone or something) away from a place or situation suddenly or by force（突然或强行地）把…带出某地，使…脱离形势 Firefighters plucked the child from the top floor of the burning building.消防员从着火的楼房顶层抢救出那个孩子。 He'd been plucked from obscurity and thrust into the national spotlight.原本默默无闻的他一下子变成了全国关注的对象。 a cat that was plucked off the city's streets last winter去年冬天从城市街道上被人抱走的一只猫 b : to select or take (something) usually from a group, container, or place挑选 We plucked [=chose] passages at random from the book and read them aloud.我们从这本书里随便挑出几段文字并大声朗读。 He plucked a stone out of the river.他从河里拣出一块石头。 4 a : to pull and release (a string on a musical instrument) with your fingers in order to make a sound拨，弹（乐器的弦） [+ object] pluck a guitar string拨动吉他弦 [no object] pluck on a guitar string拨动吉他弦 b : to play (a guitar, banjo, etc.) by pulling and releasing the strings with your fingers弹拨（弦乐器） [+ object] She was softly plucking a banjo.她在轻弹班卓琴。 [no object] plucking on/at a banjo弹奏班卓琴 pluck at [phrasal verb] pluck at (something) : to pull part of (something) with your fingers especially more than once（用手指多次地）拽，揪，扯 He nervously plucked at the blanket.他紧张得不停地扯毯子。 pluck up (the) courage ◊ If you pluck up (the) courage to do something, you become brave enough to do it.鼓起勇气 He finally plucked up the courage to ask her out on a date.他终于鼓起勇气约她出去。 2 pluck /ˈplʌk/ noun 2 pluck /ˈplʌk/ noun Learner's definition of PLUCK [noncount] old-fashioned + informal : a quality that makes you continue trying to do or achieve something that is difficult : courage and determination坚忍不拔；坚毅；勇气 It takes pluck to do what she did.她这么做需要勇气。 She showed pluck in getting up on stage.她勇敢地站在了舞台上。 |
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