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pluck

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1 pluck /ˈplʌk/ verb
plucks; plucked; plucking
1 pluck
/ˈplʌk/
verb
plucks; plucked; plucking
Learner's definition of PLUCK
1 
[+ object] : to pull (something) quickly to remove it拔掉；扯掉；摘掉
2 
[+ object] : to remove some or all of the feathers or hairs from (something)退毛；拔毛发
3 
always followed by an adverb or preposition [+ object]
a  : to take (someone or something) away from a place or situation suddenly or by force（突然或强行地）把…带出某地，使…脱离形势
b  : to select or take (something) usually from a group, container, or place挑选
4 
a  : to pull and release (a string on a musical instrument) with your fingers in order to make a sound拨，弹（乐器的弦）
[+ object]
[no object]
b  : to play (a guitar, banjo, etc.) by pulling and releasing the strings with your fingers弹拨（弦乐器）
[+ object]
[no object]

pluck at

[phrasal verb]
pluck at (something)
: to pull part of (something) with your fingers especially more than once（用手指多次地）拽，揪，扯

pluck up (the) courage

◊ If you pluck up (the) courage to do something, you become brave enough to do it.鼓起勇气
2 pluck /ˈplʌk/ noun
2 pluck
/ˈplʌk/
noun
Learner's definition of PLUCK
[noncount] old-fashioned + informal
: a quality that makes you continue trying to do or achieve something that is difficult : courage and determination坚忍不拔；坚毅；勇气
TOEFL BNC: 7624 COCA: 6870

pluck

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verb

ˈplək How to pronounce pluck (audio)
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

Noun

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

Time Traveler
The first known use of pluck was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing pluck
TOEFL BNC: 7624 COCA: 6870

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