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plucked

UK /plʌkt/US /plʌkt/

词源

源自古英语 'pluccian',意为拔或拉,与中古低地德语 'plucken' 和中古荷兰语 'plocken' 同源。

verb

❶ 指用手或工具快速拔除或摘取某物,常用于描述拔羽毛、摘水果或弹拨琴弦的动作。

“She plucked a rose from the garden.”

(她从花园里摘了一朵玫瑰。)

“The chicken was plucked before cooking.”

(这只鸡在烹饪前被拔光了毛。)

❶ 形容突然或迅速地将某人或某物从某处带走或救出,常带有紧急或意外的意味。

“The firefighter plucked the child from the burning building.”

(消防员从燃烧的建筑物中救出了孩子。)

“He was plucked from obscurity to become a star.”

(他从默默无闻中被发掘成为明星。)

同义词:picked, pulled, tugged, extracted, removed

adjective

❶ 形容鸟类被拔掉羽毛的状态,或形容人因紧张或寒冷而感到皮肤紧绷的感觉。

“The plucked chicken was ready for roasting.”

(拔了毛的鸡已经准备好烤制了。)

“His skin felt plucked in the cold wind.”

(他的皮肤在寒风中感到紧绷。)

同义词:featherless, bare, denuded, stripped

常见短语

plucked up courage — 指鼓起勇气,克服恐惧或犹豫去做某事。

“He plucked up courage to ask her out.”

(他鼓起勇气约她出去。)

plucked from thin air — 形容某事物似乎是凭空捏造或突然出现的,缺乏依据或准备。

“The number seemed plucked from thin air.”

(这个数字看起来像是凭空捏造的。)