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单词 plucker
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pluck /plʌk/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to pull off from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, or feathers:[+ object]She plucked the feathers from the chicken.
  2. to remove feathers or hair from by pulling:[+ object]to pluck a chicken.
  3. to grasp or grab: [+ object]He plucked her sleeve until she answered him.[+ at + object]He kept plucking at her sleeve.
  4. to pull out or remove with sudden force:[+ object]plucking her eyebrows.
  5. Music and Dance to sound (the strings of a musical instrument) by pulling at them with the fingers or a plectrum:[+ object]sat there plucking his harp.

n. 
  1. [countable] the act of plucking;
    a tug.
  2. courage;
    a desire not to give up or surrender:[uncountable]showed a lot of pluck by staying in the game.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pluck  (pluk),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.:to pluck feathers from a chicken.
  2. to give a pull at;
    grasp:to pluck someone's sleeve.
  3. to pull with sudden force or with a jerk.
  4. to pull or move by force (often fol. by away, off, or out).
  5. to remove the feathers, hair, etc., from by pulling:to pluck a chicken.
  6. Slang Termsto rob, plunder, or fleece.
  7. Music and Danceto sound (the strings of a musical instrument) by pulling at them with the fingers or a plectrum.

v.i. 
  1. to pull or tug sharply (often fol. by at).
  2. to snatch (often fol. by at).
  3. pluck up:
    • to eradicate;
      uproot.
    • to summon up one's courage;
      rouse one's spirits:He always plucked up at the approach of danger. She was a stranger in the town, but, plucking up her courage, she soon made friends.

n. 
  1. act of plucking;
    a tug.
  2. Foodthe heart, liver, and lungs, esp. of an animal used for food.
  3. courage or resolution in the face of difficulties.
  • bef. 1000; Middle English plukken (verb, verbal), Old English pluccian, cognate with Middle Low German plucken; akin to Dutch plukken, German pflücken
plucker, n. 
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tug.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged yank, tear, rip.
    • 13.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bravery, boldness, determination, mettle, nerve.

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