verb🔗Shareむしる, 引っこ抜くTo pull something sharply; to pull something out"She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."彼女はバッグから電話を取り出し、ダイヤルした。actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share連れ去る, 引き抜く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. "先生は、騒いでいる生徒を教室の後ろから素早く連れ去り、前に連れてきます。actionsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share爪弾くTo gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc."Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it."ピアノが弦を叩くのに対し、ハープシコードはそれを爪弾きます。musicsoundentertainmentactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share羽をむしるTo remove feathers from a bird."After hunting, the farmer plucks the feathers from the duck before cooking it. "狩りの後、農夫はアヒルを調理する前に羽をむしります。animalbirdactionfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share奪う, むしるTo rob, fleece, steal forcibly"The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way."好色な追いはぎは、犠牲者の下着まで奪い、魅力的な者はすべて奪った。propertyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share爪弾くTo play a string instrument pizzicato."Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break."弓楽器を爪弾くと弦が切れることがあります。musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share摘む, 引っ張るTo pull or twitch sharply."The nervous musician plucks at his guitar strings before the performance. "緊張した音楽家は、演奏前にギターの弦を摘みます。actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share落第する、不合格になる(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. "最終の歴史の試験に落第した後、ジョンは落第して学位を取得できないのではないかと恐れた。educationdegreeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share引き抜く、もぎ取る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. "何世紀にもわたり、氷河は、融解水が亀裂の中で凍結し膨張するにつれて、徐々に岩を山から引き抜きます。geologyenvironmentgeographynaturescienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading