- 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)