单词 | to pluck up |
释义 | > as lemmasto pluck up to pluck up 1. transitive. to pluck up (one's) courage (also heart, resolution, spirits, etc.): to summon up courage, strength, etc., take courage; to raise one's spirits, cheer up. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > pluck up courage [verb] findOE to take (in early use nim) heartc1275 to have the heartc1300 to hent one's heartc1325 to pull upa1393 to fang upa1400 pluckc1400 to take courage1490 to take heart of grace (and variants)c1520 to lift up one's heart, mind, soul1535 to get (also gather, keep, etc.) heart of grace1581 hearten1587 to pluck up one's courage1660 flesh1695 pluck up courage1726 to pick up1735 to call forth1802 to pluck up1827 to muster up1893 c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) 1177 (MED) Pluk vp þi cher. c1330 Seven Sages (Auch.) (1933) l. 2507 (MED) Confort þi self, pluk vp þin herte Swich mourning þan wil þe smerte. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xvi. 72 Languysshe no more, but plucke vp thyne herte. 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas Pref. 9 Let us therefore pluck vp stomackes, and pray with S. Augustine. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iii. 38 Plucke vp thy spirits, looke cheerfully vpon me. View more context for this quotation 1660 C. Ellis Gentile Sinner 239 Let them pluck up their Courage, and make it appeare to the World, that they have yet something of a Noble and Generous Spirit within their breasts. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 210 Plucking up my Spirits as well as I could. 1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) ii. 33 I'll pluck up resolution. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. v. 376 Æthelred seems now to have plucked up a little heart. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right II. lv. 47 She could not pluck up courage to speak a word in Italian. 1910 ‘Saki’ Reginald in Russia 104 The little Lemberg négociant plucked up heart. 1960 W. Harris Palace of Peacock i. 17 I plucked up courage to express my inner thoughts. a1978 S. T. Warner One Thing leading to Another (1985) 165 Mousie plucked up her spirits and re-addressed herself to the duties of a sovereign. 2004 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 8 Dec. 14 She started going out for walks and plucked up courage to join a gym. 2. transitive. To pull up; to pull (a thing) out of the place in which it is planted or set; to uproot; to eradicate; to raze, demolish. Cf. sense 4a. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > eradicate or extirpate fornimOE to put awaya1382 outroot?a1425 unroot?a1425 out-razec1425 to pluck up1484 avell1530 sweep1560 depopulate1576 ruina1586 assoil1596 to lay aside1596 untop1598 displant1603 float1606 to take off1619 amolish1624 uproota1639 eradicate1647 to lay by1681 to polish off1827 uprend1911 to zero out1951 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope i. xx [The swallow said] Come with me ye al & lete vs plucke vp al this [flax]. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos iv. 18 To arache or plucke vp a gretter tree. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. iii. 1 There is a tyme to plant, and a tyme to plucke vp the thinge, yt is planted. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 158 All fortresses and defences by them there made, were plucked vp and destroyed. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 205 Vnto the tyme quhen hæresie pluked vpe al monumentes of pietie in Scotland. 1680 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1867) I. 391 Whosoever shall willfully pluck up, remove or deface any Landmark or bound betweene propertie and propertie. 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry ii. i. 114 We plucked up..some of the most thriving plants. 1844 E. B. Barrett Lady Geraldine's Courtship in Poems I. 238 I plucked up her social fictions. 1879 H. James Confidence II. xxii. 49 He would let the flower bloom for a day before plucking it up by the root. 1995 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 7 Dec. e1 He plucked up a small fir tree, placed it in the nursery and decorated the branches with candles. 3. intransitive. To recover strength or vigour; to raise one's spirits; to summon one's courage; to take heart. Cf. sense 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > pluck up courage [verb] findOE to take (in early use nim) heartc1275 to have the heartc1300 to hent one's heartc1325 to pull upa1393 to fang upa1400 pluckc1400 to take courage1490 to take heart of grace (and variants)c1520 to lift up one's heart, mind, soul1535 to get (also gather, keep, etc.) heart of grace1581 hearten1587 to pluck up one's courage1660 flesh1695 pluck up courage1726 to pick up1735 to call forth1802 to pluck up1827 to muster up1893 1827 C. S. Talbot Squire Hartley i. 19 By the light of Moses, if I don't think he's got away—..if so, I'll begin to pluck up a bit. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiv. 125 The worthy Mr. Lillyvick..plucked up amazingly. 1890 W. C. Russell Marriage at Sea I. i. 10 But she had plucked up as she drew towards the close of her letter. 1901 G. B. Shaw Caesar & Cleopatra iii. 153 He eats another date, and plucks up a little. 1999 Univ. Wire (California) (Nexis) 22 Nov. We got chewed out at halftime and that fires you up. We plucked up a little. < as lemmas |
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