【pluck音标】 英[plʌk] 美[plʌk]
【单词释义】 pluck是什么意思:
n.勇气,胆识;精神;内脏;快而猛的拉;〈俚〉不及格v.采,摘,掐;拔(毛发);拔掉;鼓起(勇气等);解救,搭救;弹(乐器)
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
[第三人称单数] plucks
[单词现在分词] plucking
[单词过去式] plucked
[单词过去分词] plucked
【pluck形近词/近似词】
muck n. [U]淤泥;垃圾;肥料;(动物的)粪便,排泄物;品质低劣的东西
suck v.吮吸,啜;舐
ruck n.大量;普通人;绉,褶 v.弄皱;变皱
luck n.运气;好运 vi.交好运,走运
chuck n.(机器上固定某物的)卡盘,夹盘;抚弄(下巴) v. 扔,抛;(投手)犯规投(球);扔掉,丢弃
shuck vt.剥壳;剥外皮;去…的外皮 n.壳;外皮;荚;毫无价值的东西
buck n.(美)元;雄鹿;责任,过失 v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起;抵制;反抗
duck n.鸭子;鸭肉 v. 躲避,回避;低头,弯身;把…按入水中
tuck n.(衣服或织物的)褶,打褶;食物,零食 vt.卷起,包起,裹起;把…塞入
truck n.货车,卡车 v.用卡车装运
【单词例句】
◇ Lovers pluck off the leaves, and as they pluck each leaf, they ask a question about their lovers; thus? "Does he or she love me?—Ardently? Distractedly? Very much? A little? Not at all?"and so on.
她是这样作的:情人们把她的花瓣一片一片地摘下来,每摘一片情人就问一个关于他们恋人的事情:“热情吗?——痛苦吗?——非常爱我吗?只爱一点吗?——完全不爱吗?”以及诸如此类的问题。
---- The Butterfly
◇ When he walked inside the flies were asleep on the wall, the cook in the kitchen was still holding up his hand as if he wanted to grab the boy, and the maid was sitting in front of the black chicken that was supposed to be plucked.
他走进王宫内,看见墙上的苍蝇在沉睡,厨房里的厨师向上举着手,似乎是要打那童工一耳光,一个女仆手里抓着一只黑母鸡准备拔毛。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ The word is of Germanic stock and meant "picking," "plucking," or "reaping," a nod to the act of gathering and preserving crops before winter.
该词源于日耳曼语,意思是“采摘”或“收割”,指的是在冬天之前收集和储藏粮食。
---- The reason why Americans refer to Autumn as fall?
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The fish is plucked out of the river. “Oh, a big fish! How big the fish is!” She cheers. But she puts the fish into the river and goes on fishing.
鱼被拉出来了。“啊!一条大鱼!这条大鱼可真大呀!”她欢呼道。但是她却把鱼放回河里,又继续钓鱼。
---- I Can’t Cook It
◇ At one time the little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and such burning love was awakened in him for the human maiden Psyche that he disregarded the constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg Zeus for justice.
有一次这位淘气的精灵被自己的箭射中,对人间少女普赛克炽热的爱在他心中复苏,以致于他不顾他母亲的干预,鼓起勇气让宙斯给予公正评判。
---- Eros(Cupid)