Pluck



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 拔毛;弹拉 n.勇气, 勇敢
• ［英］ v. 拔毛 ( to pull off) ; n. 勇气, 勇敢 ( courageous readiness; fortitude)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: p看作poor, luck ( 运气) , 运气不好被拔了毛

Webster Collegiate

kI. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pluccian; akin to Middle High German pflücken to pluck
• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to pull or pick off or out
  • 2.
    • a. to remove something (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

II. noun

• Date: 15th century
• 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

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