Signification visuelle de 'plucks'? - apprendre avec des images, exemples du quotidien

verb

Arrache, cueille

To pull something sharply; to pull something out

"She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."

Elle a arraché le téléphone de son sac et a composé le numéro.

action

verb

arracher, enlever

To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.

"The teacher quickly plucks the misbehaving student from the back of the classroom and brings him to the front. "

Le professeur arrache rapidement l'élève indiscipliné du fond de la classe et l'amène devant.

action situation

verb

Pince

To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.

"Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it."

Alors qu'un piano frappe la corde, un clavecin la pince.

music sound entertainment action

verb

Plume, déplume

To remove feathers from a bird.

"After hunting, the farmer plucks the feathers from the duck before cooking it. "

Après la chasse, le fermier plume le canard avant de le cuisiner.

animal bird action food

verb

Dépouiller, voler

To rob, fleece, steal forcibly

"The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way."

Le brigand lubrique dépouillait ses victimes jusqu'à leurs sous-vêtements, ou les plus attirantes jusqu'au bout.

property action

verb

Pince

To play a string instrument pizzicato.

"Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break."

Pincer un instrument à archet peut casser une corde.

music

verb

Tire, arrache

To pull or twitch sharply.

"The nervous musician plucks at his guitar strings before the performance. "

Le musicien nerveux tire sur les cordes de sa guitare avant la représentation.

action body

verb

Être recalé

(university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree.

"After failing his final history exam, John feared he would be plucked and not receive his degree. "

Après avoir échoué à son examen final d'histoire, John craignait d'être recalé et de ne pas obtenir son diplôme.

education degree

verb

Arracher, cueillir

Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.

"Over centuries, the glacier plucks rocks from the mountain as meltwater freezes and expands in cracks, gradually pulling them away. "

Au fil des siècles, le glacier arrache des roches de la montagne à mesure que l'eau de fonte gèle et se dilate dans les fissures, les arrachant progressivement.

geology environment geography nature science