pluck[plʌk]

• vt.
  • 采；摘；拔：

    Did you pluck your eyebrows?

    你拔眉毛吗?

  • 拉；扯；撕：

    He plucked a sheet of paper from his notebook.

    他从笔记本上撕下一张纸。

  • 拔…的毛：

    Do you remember when you bought a chicken and had to pluck it yourself?

    你记得什么时候你自己买只鸡，自己退毛的?

  • 拨，弹(乐器的弦)；弹奏(乐器)：

    She often plucks the strings of a guitar at night.

    她常在深更半夜弹吉他。

  • 把…从危境中拖出，救起：

    She was plucked from the jaws of death by Tarzan.

    泰山把她从死亡边缘救了出来。

  • 拆毁(常与 down 连用)：

    The chapel was plucked down by the inhabitants of the village.

    教堂被村里的居民给拆了。

  • 调动…的职务；使军官退位：

    The convention plucked him from the pastorate to head the foreign mission board.

    会议解除他牧师职位调去领导国外布道委员会。

  • [英国俚语]在考试中使…落第；不及格：

    We expected him to be plucked on his tripos.

    我们预料他在剑桥大学荣誉学位考试中不及格。

  • [俚语]诈骗，欺诈
  • 【地质学】(冰川)拨削，拨蚀(岩石)
• vi.
  • 拉，拽；想抓住(常与 at 连用)：

    He plucked at his trouser-knees and sat down.

    他拉了拉裤膝，坐了下来。

  • (乐器)弹，拨：

    plucking at the wires

    在弦线上弹奏

• n.
  • (一)拉，(一)拖；(一)扯
  • (家禽等供食用的)内脏；拉扯下的东西
  • 勇气；胆量；毅力
  • (弹拨乐器用的)弹拨器
  • (图画等的)鲜明，清晰
  • [古语](考试的)不及格
• 短语:
  • have a crow to pluck (pick,pull) with someone 有事要和某人理论，对某人不满
  • pluck a pigeon 骗取傻瓜的钱财
  • pluck asunder 扯开
  • pluck up (one’s) heart 见 heart