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单词 pluck at
释义

pluck at

phrasal verb
If you pluck at something, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply but gently.
The boy plucked at Adam's sleeve. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
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Examples of 'pluck at' in a sentence
pluck at

He is an artist who provokes awe but sometimes forgets to pluck at the heartstrings.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They'd tell me that they only want to stop the bad thoughts, the ones that pluck at your mind in the middle of the night.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Each choreographer uses a unique and visceral movement vocabulary to probe and pluck at social unease.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But the dark side still plucks at the geek idealists' sleeves.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He is amiably plucking at a white guitar.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This episode plucks at heart strings - with a hammer.
The Sun (2017)
One of them plucked at my jacket sleeve, pointed to her mouth, and hissed 'essen, essen'.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He calls out chess moves in his sleep, and plucks at his hair, making a small bald patch.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)

Chinese translation of 'pluck at'

pluck at

vt fus

  1. 抓住 (zhuāzhù)
See pluck

Nearby words of
pluck at

  • ploy (to do sth)
  • pls
  • pluck
  • pluck at
  • plug
  • plug in
  • plug-in
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