pluck
pluck
verb
[with obj.]
[mass noun]
plucker
noun
pluck up courage
verb
[with obj.]
- take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place
摘，采；拔；取
she plucked a blade of grass.
她摘了一叶草。
he plucked a tape from the shelf.
他从架上取了一盘磁带。
■catch hold of and pull quickly
拖，拉，拽；抽，扯，撕
she plucked his sleeve.
她扯了一下他的衣袖。
[no obj.]brambles plucked at her jeans.
荆棘撕扯着她的牛仔裤。
■quickly or suddenly remove someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation
从危险中拖出，救出
the baby was plucked from a grim orphanage.
那个婴儿被从可怕的孤儿院里救了出来。
■pull the feathers from (a bird's carcass) to prepare it for cooking
拔（鸟）毛（以待烹饪）
■pull some of the hairs from (one's eyebrows) to make them look neater
拔（眉毛）以使整洁
■sound (a musical instrument or its strings) with one's finger or a plectrum
（用手指或拨子）拨（乐器或弦）
■(Geology)(of glacier ice) break off (pieces of rock) by mechanical force
(地质)（冰川冰）以机械力折断（岩石）
[mass noun]
- spirited and determined courage
勇气，胆量，决心 - the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food
（动物）内脏，杂碎
plucker
noun
- 鹅毛拔毛器
[usu. in combination]a goose-plucker.
- late Old English ploccian, pluccian, of Germanic origin; related to Flemish plokken; probably from the base of Old French (es)peluchier 'to pluck'. Sense 1 of the noun is originally boxers' slang
pluck up courage
- 见courage
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