英语词汇“pluck”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

pluck

释义

verb | noun

pluckpluck1 /plʌk/ ●○○ verb

ETYMOLOGYpluck¹

Origin: Old English pluccian

VERB TABLE

pluck

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	pluck
	he, she, it	plucks
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	plucked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have plucked
	he, she, it	has plucked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had plucked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will pluck
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have plucked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am plucking
	he, she, it	is plucking
	you, we, they	are plucking
Past	I, he, she, it	was plucking
	you, we, they	were plucking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been plucking
	he, she, it	has been plucking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been plucking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be plucking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been plucking

COLLOCATIONS► pluck ... eyebrows

young girls who already pluck their eyebrows (=pull out some of the hairs to give their eyebrows the shape they want)

1PULL something OFF [transitive] to pull something quickly in order to remove it: pluck something from/off etc. something He plucked an apple off the tree. young girls who already pluck their eyebrows (=pull out some of the hairs to give their eyebrows the shape they want)2TAKE somebody/something AWAY [transitive always + adv./prep.] to take someone away from a place or situation in a quick and unexpected way: pluck somebody from/off/away etc. A large seagull swooped down and plucked a fish out of the water. Rescuers plucked the boy from the water.3REMOVE FEATHERS [transitive] to pull the feathers off a dead chicken or other bird before cooking it4MUSIC [intransitive, transitive] eng. lang. arts to quickly pull at the strings of a musical instrument: pluck at Someone was plucking at the strings of an old guitar.5pluck up (the) courage to force yourself to be brave and do something you are afraid of doing: It took me weeks to pluck up the courage to try out for the play.6pluck something out of the/thin air to say or suggest a number, name, etc. that you have just thought of, without thinking about it carefullypluck at something phrasal verb to pull something quickly several times with your fingers, especially because you are nervous or to attract attention: A little boy plucked at her skirt.

verb | noun

pluckpluck2 noun [uncountable]

COLLOCATIONS► takes ... pluck

It takes a lot of pluck to stand up to a bully.

old-fashioned courage and determination SYN spunk: It takes a lot of pluck to stand up to a bully.

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