verb🔗Share拔，采摘 To pull something sharply; to pull something out"She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled."她迅速从包里掏出手机，拨打了号码。actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share摘取， 拔出 To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation."The teacher was plucking students from the hallway and bringing them into the classroom after the bell rang. "上课铃响后，老师正把学生从走廊拽出来，带进教室。actionsituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share弹拨，拨动 To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc."Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it."钢琴是敲击琴弦发声，而拨弦古钢琴则是拨动琴弦发声。musicsoundentertainmentactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share拔毛 To remove feathers from a bird."After hunting the duck, my grandfather spent an hour plucking its feathers before cooking it. "打完鸭子后，我爷爷花了整整一个小时拔它的毛，然后才开始做饭。animalfoodbirdactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share掠夺， 剥削 To rob, fleece, steal forcibly"The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way."那凶狠的拦路强盗把受害者身上的财物剥削得只剩内衣，如果是漂亮点的，连人都要抢走。propertyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share拨弦，弹拨 To play a string instrument pizzicato."Plucking a bow instrument may cause a string to break."拨弦弹奏弓弦乐器可能会导致琴弦断裂。musicentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share拔，采摘 To pull or twitch sharply."The nervous student kept plucking at a loose thread on his shirt during the exam. "考试时，那个紧张的学生不停地扯着衬衫上的一根线头。actionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share刷下来，淘汰。 (university slang) To be rejected after failing an examination for a degree."After failing his final history exam, he was worried he would be plucking. "历史期末考试没及格后，他很担心自己会被刷下来。educationdegreeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share刨蚀，冰川挖蚀 Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing."The glacier is plucking rocks from the mountain, slowly carving out the valley as it moves. "冰川正在刨蚀山上的岩石，随着它的移动，慢慢地开凿出山谷。geologygeographyenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share采摘，拔。 (gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked."The plucking of eyebrows is a common beauty practice. "修眉毛是很常见的美容方式。actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share采摘物，拔下来的东西。 A fragment of something obtained by plucking."After the fight, there was a plucking of fur left on the carpet where the cats had been battling. "猫咪们打架后，地毯上留下了一撮被扯下来的毛。partthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
