英语词汇“plucking”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Verb My sister plucked a white hair from my head. The hunter plucked the bird's feathers. plucking petals off a flower Firefighters plucked the child from the top floor of the burning building. He'd been plucked from obscurity and thrust into the national spotlight. a cat that was plucked off the city's streets last winter He plucked a stone out of the river. Noun It takes pluck to do what she did. She showed pluck in getting up on stage. See More

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Readers on the lookout for confirmation of radical, existential doubt and fans of the avant-garde thrilled by the instability of language should pluck books from a different shelf.

Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 Dozens of local tea pickers, almost entirely hidden among the hillside's deep green vegetation, quickly and efficiently pluck the glistening leaves and deposit them into large fabric sacks slung over their shoulders before the next deluge begins.

Peter Yeung, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022 If your succulents arrive in a crowded arrangement, pluck them out carefully and give them their own spacious mini desert dune.

Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2022 Steven Spielberg could pluck my script out of a pile and go make it for $100 million.

Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, refinery29.com, 19 July 2022 Parker leveraged his astute judgment of human nature to pluck Presley from obscurity as a truck driver and move him quickly from a traveling circus-like roadshow to the pinnacle of mainstream popularity.

Brad Auerbach, SPIN, 22 June 2022 Just pluck those gooey chips from your cleavage and pop them right back into your mouth.

The New Yorker, 2 May 2022 Elegant, occasionally adorable and at times quite emotional, series creator Julian Fellowes still knows how to pluck the right strings -- upstairs and downstairs -- to play a symphony with his sprawling cast.

Brian Lowry, CNN, 20 May 2022 On a recent morning, Matthys stooped down to pluck a leaf from the nearest stem.

Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2022

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Even in pitch-blackness, bats can skirt around branches and pluck minuscule insects from the sky.

Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022 Some are impressed by Ukrainian pluck and resolve, by surviving 11 weeks of the Russian onslaught, when analysts predicted they would be routed in three days.

Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2022 Some of that pluck was lost when Torey Krug departed as a free agent two seasons ago for St. Louis.

Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022 And then mainstream white artists looked upon disco as just a field from which to pluck inspiration and basically regurgitate it.

Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2022 As the punctuation in the title cleverly illustrates, successful pluck often contains a little luck.

Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2022 Emily DeForest plays ingenue Ellen Tree, the Desdemona to Aldridge’s Othello, with an appealing blend of pluck, humor and curiosity.

Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 24 June 2022 Petrakov is a perfect example of the pluck, spirit and determination of the Ukrainians, who have risen to the occasion in both war and soccer.

Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 The six pack hasn’t had the same pluck, especially at playoff time, since the loss of free agent Torey Krug to the Blues following the 2019-20 season.

Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2022 See More

单词	plucking
释义	pluck 1 of 2 verb ˈplək plucked; plucking; plucks transitive verb 1 : to pull or pick off or out 2 a : to remove something (such as hairs) from by or as if by plucking pluck one's eyebrows b : rob, fleece 3 : to move, remove, or separate forcibly or abruptly plucked the child from the middle of the street 4 a : to pick, pull, or grasp at b : to play by sounding the strings with the fingers or a pick intransitive verb : to make a sharp pull or twitch plucker noun pluck 2 of 2 noun 1 : an act or instance of plucking or pulling 2 : the heart, liver, lungs, and trachea of a slaughtered animal especially as an item of food 3 : courageous readiness to fight or continue against odds : dogged resolution Synonyms Verb beat bilk bleed cheat chisel chouse con cozen defraud diddle do do in euchre fiddle fleece flimflam gaff hose [slang] hustle mulct nobble [British slang] ream rip off rook screw shake down short shortchange skin skunk squeeze stick stiff sting sucker swindle thimblerig victimize Noun draw haul jerk pull tug wrench yank See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb My sister plucked a white hair from my head. The hunter plucked the bird's feathers. plucking petals off a flower Firefighters plucked the child from the top floor of the burning building. He'd been plucked from obscurity and thrust into the national spotlight. a cat that was plucked off the city's streets last winter He plucked a stone out of the river. Noun It takes pluck to do what she did. She showed pluck in getting up on stage. See More Recent Examples on the Web Verb Readers on the lookout for confirmation of radical, existential doubt and fans of the avant-garde thrilled by the instability of language should pluck books from a different shelf. Adam Begley, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 Dozens of local tea pickers, almost entirely hidden among the hillside's deep green vegetation, quickly and efficiently pluck the glistening leaves and deposit them into large fabric sacks slung over their shoulders before the next deluge begins. Peter Yeung, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022 If your succulents arrive in a crowded arrangement, pluck them out carefully and give them their own spacious mini desert dune. Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 16 Aug. 2022 Steven Spielberg could pluck my script out of a pile and go make it for $100 million. Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, refinery29.com, 19 July 2022 Parker leveraged his astute judgment of human nature to pluck Presley from obscurity as a truck driver and move him quickly from a traveling circus-like roadshow to the pinnacle of mainstream popularity. Brad Auerbach, SPIN, 22 June 2022 Just pluck those gooey chips from your cleavage and pop them right back into your mouth. The New Yorker, 2 May 2022 Elegant, occasionally adorable and at times quite emotional, series creator Julian Fellowes still knows how to pluck the right strings -- upstairs and downstairs -- to play a symphony with his sprawling cast. Brian Lowry, CNN, 20 May 2022 On a recent morning, Matthys stooped down to pluck a leaf from the nearest stem. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2022 Noun Even in pitch-blackness, bats can skirt around branches and pluck minuscule insects from the sky. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022 Some are impressed by Ukrainian pluck and resolve, by surviving 11 weeks of the Russian onslaught, when analysts predicted they would be routed in three days. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2022 Some of that pluck was lost when Torey Krug departed as a free agent two seasons ago for St. Louis. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2022 And then mainstream white artists looked upon disco as just a field from which to pluck inspiration and basically regurgitate it. Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2022 As the punctuation in the title cleverly illustrates, successful pluck often contains a little luck. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2022 Emily DeForest plays ingenue Ellen Tree, the Desdemona to Aldridge’s Othello, with an appealing blend of pluck, humor and curiosity. Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 24 June 2022 Petrakov is a perfect example of the pluck, spirit and determination of the Ukrainians, who have risen to the occasion in both war and soccer. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 The six pack hasn’t had the same pluck, especially at playoff time, since the loss of free agent Torey Krug to the Blues following the 2019-20 season. Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology Verb Middle English, from Old English pluccian; akin to Middle High German pflücken to pluck First Known Use Verb before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Noun 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing pluck pluck at pluck up (the) courage pluck at pluck up (the) courage Kids Definition pluck 1 of 2 verb ˈplək plucked; plucking 1 : to pull off : pick pluck grapes 2 : to remove something (as a hair or feather) with a quick pull 3 : to seize and remove quickly : snatch She … plucked the envelope from the mailbox … Andrew Clements, Frindle 4 : to pull at (a string) and let go pluck 2 of 2 noun 1 : a sharp pull : tug 2 : courage, spirit There was a … streak of pluck in him. Sid Fleishman, The Whipping Boy plucking verb present participle of pluck as in squeezing to rob by the use of trickery or threats the Internet opened up a whole new medium for con artists to pluck the gullible Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance squeezing stinging sticking hustling doing cheating beating screwing bleeding fiddling fleecing suckering chiseling swindling reaming diddling tricking victimizing exploiting skinning rooking gaffing deceiving shorting defrauding bilking mulcting clipping conning shortchanging hosing chiselling cozening fooling shaking down stiffing ripping off nobbling betraying wrenching flimflamming thimblerigging wringing euchring nicking gouging extorting chousing soaking doing in milking taking for a ride wresting taking to the cleaners skunking overcharging selling a bill of goods to gulling duping bitching bamboozling double-crossing roping (in) fast-talking
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