Pluck

(noun.) the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord.

(verb.) strip of feathers; 'pull a chicken'; 'pluck the capon'.

(verb.) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; 'he plucked the strings of his mandolin'.

(verb.) pull or pull out sharply; 'pluck the flowers off the bush'.

录入:赛斯

• He deserved it all--all labour, all devotion, all sacrifice; I would have toiled up a scaleless Alp, to pluck a flower that would please him. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• If there's the pluck of a man among you three, you'll help me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• They pluck his feathers now and then and clip his wings, but he sings, he sings! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• However,' said Fledgeby, appearing to pluck up his spirits, 'we'll hope it's not so bad as that comes to. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Or haven't you pluck enough to go on? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Still, in spite of this latent weakness of character, which always developed itself in time of trouble, he was a brave man, with plenty of pluck. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• How could she, a young and timid woman, make her way into such a place and pluck her husband out from among the ruffians who surrounded him? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I suppose,' with a jerk, 'you have sometimes plucked a pear before it was ripe, Master Copperfield? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• She plucked and tore at her arms for a little time; but I held her hands, and she soon dropped off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Able men who have passed their examinations will do these things sometimes, not less than the plucked Fred. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Her rich black hair was all about her face, her face was flushed and hot, and as she sobbed and raged, she plucked at her lips with an unsparing hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• He's only been plucked twice--so was I--but he's had the advantages of Oxford and a university education. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• By Gad, sir, he explained to the public in general, what a good plucked one that boy of mine is--what a trump he is! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He had plucked it off again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Instead of that, said I, plucking up more grass and chewing a blade or two, see how I am going on. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Instruments in which the strings are set into motion by plucking--harp, guitar, mandolin. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• You're a woman,' retorted Brittles, plucking up a little. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.

手打:曼弗雷德