1.[t]~ sth (out)摘；拔to pull out hairs with your fingers or with tweezers
She plucked out a grey hair.她拔掉了一根灰白头发。
expertly plucked eyebrows拔得精巧的眉毛
2.[t]~ sth拔掉，退去（死禽的毛）to pull the feathers off a dead bird, for example a chicken, in order to prepare it for cooking
3.[t][i]~ (at) sth弹，弹拨（乐器的弦）to play a musical instrument, especially a guitar , by pulling the strings with your fingers
to pluck the strings of a violin弹拨小提琴的弦
He took the guitar and plucked at the strings.他拿起吉他拨动起琴弦来。
4.[t]~ sb (from sth) (to sth)解救；搭救to remove sb from a place or situation, especially one that is unpleasant or dangerous
Police plucked a drowning girl from the river yesterday.昨天警方从河里救起了一名溺水少女。
Survivors of the wreck were plucked to safety by a helicopter.沉船的幸存者被直升机营救脱险。
She was plucked from obscurity to instant stardom.她得到提携，从默默无闻转瞬成为明星。
5.[t]~ sth (from sth)抢夺to take hold of sth and remove it by pulling it
He plucked the wallet from the man's grasp.他抢走了那个男人紧抓着的钱包。
6.[t]~ sth (from sth)摘；掐；采摘to pick a fruit, flower, etc. from where it is growing
I plucked an orange from the tree.我从树上摘了一个橙子。
I just plucked a figure out of the air and said : ‘Would £1 000 seem reasonable to you?’我随口说出一个数字问道：“你看 1 000 英镑合适吗？”
I just plucked a figure out of the air and said : ‘Would £1 000 seem reasonable to you?’我随口说出一个数字问道：“你看 1 000 英镑合适吗？”
I finally plucked up the courage to ask her for a date.我终于鼓起勇气约她出去。
I finally plucked up the courage to ask her for a date.我终于鼓起勇气约她出去。
1.[u](informal)胆识；胆量；意志courage and determination
It takes a lot of pluck to do what she did.她这么做需要很大的胆量。
"I will stay with you one night longer, " said the Swallow, "but I cannot pluck out your eye. You would be quite blind then. "
“我愿意陪你再过一夜，”燕子说，“但我不能取下你的眼睛，否则你就变成个瞎子了。”
If it were only a flower, round and small and sweet, I could pluck it from its stem to set it in your hair.
假如它是一朵花，圆圆小小香香的，我就能从枝上采来戴在你的发上。
She did not quite promise to pluck each voter from a burning building, but she left the distinct impression that she might.
她并没有满口许诺，誓将每个选民都从着火的楼里营救出来，不过她给人留下的印象很鲜明，她也许能。
Seem and pluck the man of the last narrative with you, ambition chance crary.
似乎与你扯上关系的男人，都会变得疯狂。
I watch him attempt to pluck his pills from their narrow compartment, but his hands are shaking and his thumb is too big.
我望着他试图从狭窄的盒里取出药丸，但他的手颤抖着，他的拇指太大了。
It had enticed Lyman into its toils to pluck from him his manhood and his honesty, corrupting him and poisoning him beyond redemption.
它使莱门上了圈套，来剥夺他的人格和诚实的心灵，腐蚀他，毒害他，弄得无可救药。
He could not pluck up enough courage to ask her to marry him.
他鼓不起足够的勇气向她求婚。
It is said that if you operate on a tumour neatly you can pluck it out in one pocket, intact.
听说如果你干净利索地对一个肿瘤动手术，你能一下子就把它摘除下来，而且完好无损。
So what I decided to do is to pluck fine hair out of my face.
于是我决定，拔下自己脸上的一根汗毛。
He couldn't pluck up enough courage to ask her to GO out with him.
他不能鼓起足够的勇气请她一起外出。
My own story slowly tell you, though there are some of you don't know, but I will pluck up the courage to say with you.
我把自己的故事慢慢讲给你听，虽然还有一些你不知道，但我一定会鼓足勇气和你说的。
I could have saved him, and--and-- well , you know how the town was wrought up--I hadn't the pluck to do it.
我本来能够救他，可是--可是--唉，你知道那时候全镇子上的人一边倒--我哪有勇气说出来呀。
One day, he came up with an idea that he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.
有一天，他想出一个主意，他把他所有的作物都拔高几英寸。他第二天也这样做了。
Do Have Pluck: Outside from being just a really funny, old-timey word, having pluck means you're in charge! Men love a woman in charge!
一定要有勇气：做旁观者仅仅很有趣，老话说，勇气意味着你在负责！男人喜欢负责的女人！
It took a lot of pluck for me to ask my boss for a raise.
我需要很大的勇气才敢让老板给我加薪。
It is up to you to wander in that field and pluck your own idiot flowers and find your own paths.
这需要你们自己在那疆域里漫游、采携自己愚蠢的花朵而后发现自己的道路。
That stance might comfort the authors, but to many readers they will nonetheless seem to pluck equations out of thin air.
这一立场可能会让作者感到安慰，但对许多读者来说，看来他们还是得凭空理解各个方程式。
One particular left-footed touch saw him pluck the ball from the air inside his own penalty area.
一次左脚的大脚解围将球踢出本方禁区。
In the forests and savannas where our species got its start, being able to reach up and pluck fruit trees was a good thing.
在人类起源的森林和热带大草原里，能够拿到和收集树上的果子是个好事。
She said she was ruined by the man. She had no face to live in the world. She had no pluck to face her parents.
她说自己被那厮毁了，已经无颜面对人生，也没有勇气面对自己的父母。
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