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勇氣,猛拉,動物內臟摘,猛拉,拔,拉,扯,采,拆毀拉,拽

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pluck \Pluck\, v. i.
   To make a motion of pulling or twitching; -- usually with at;
   as, to pluck at one's gown.

Pluck \Pluck\, n.
   1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.

   2. [Prob. so called as being plucked out after the animal is
      killed; or cf. Gael. & Ir. pluc a lump, a knot, a bunch.]
      The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.

   3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.

            Decay of English spirit, decay of manly pluck.
                                                  --Thackeray.

   4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at
      college. See {Pluck}, v. t., 4.

   5. (Zo["o]l.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.]

Pluck \Pluck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Plucking}.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G.
   pfl["u]cken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka.
   ?27.]
   1. To pull; to draw.

            Its own nature . . . plucks on its own dissolution.
                                                  --Je?. Taylor.

   2. Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to
      pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch;
      also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a
      fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes.

            I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude.
                                                  --Milton.

            E'en children followed, with endearing wile, And
            plucked his gown to share the good man's smile.
                                                  --Goldsmith.

   3. To strip of, or as of, feathers; as, to pluck a fowl.

            They which pass by the way do pluck her. --Ps.
                                                  lxxx.?2.

   4. (Eng. Universities) To reject at an examination for
      degrees. --C. Bront['e].

   {To pluck away}, to pull away, or to separate by pulling; to
      tear away.

   {To pluck down}, to pull down; to demolish; to reduce to a
      lower state.

   {to pluck off}, to pull or tear off; as, to pluck off the
      skin.

   {to pluck up}.
      (a) To tear up by the roots or from the foundation; to
          eradicate; to exterminate; to destroy; as, to pluck up
          a plant; to pluck up a nation. --Jer. xii. 17.
      (b) To gather up; to summon; as, to pluck up courage.

資料來源 : WordNet®

pluck
     n 1: the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of
          possible loss or injury [syn: {gutsiness}, {pluckiness}]
          [ant: {gutlessness}]
     2: the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
     v 1: pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"
          [syn: {tweak}, {pull off}, {pick off}]
     2: sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and
        especially underhanded activity [syn: {hustle}, {roll}]
     3: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: {overcharge}, {soak},
         {surcharge}, {gazump}, {fleece}, {plume}, {rob}, {hook}]
        [ant: {undercharge}]
     4: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked
        the strings of his mandolin" [syn: {plunk}, {pick}]
     5: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
         {pull}, {tear}, {deplume}, {deplumate}, {displume}]
     6: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
        {pick}, {cull}]
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