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plucking

/ˈplʌkɪŋ/

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verb

拔，采摘

To pull something sharply; to pull something out

Examples :

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

她迅速从包里掏出手机，拨打了号码。

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verb

摘取，拔出

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

Examples :

"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。

action situation

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verb

弹拨，拨动

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

Examples :

"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。

music sound entertainment action

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verb

拔毛

To remove feathers from a bird.

Examples :

"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。

animal food bird action

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verb

掠夺，剥削

To rob, fleece, steal forcibly

Examples :

"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。

property action

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verb

拨弦，弹拨

To play a string instrument pizzicato.

Examples :

"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。

music entertainment

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verb

拔，采摘

To pull or twitch sharply.

Examples :

"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。

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verb

刷下来，淘汰。

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

Examples :

"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。

education degree

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verb

刨蚀，冰川挖蚀

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

Examples :

"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。

geology geography environment nature

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noun

采摘，拔。

(gerund of pluck) An act in which something is plucked.

Examples :

"The plucking of eyebrows is a common beauty practice. "

修眉毛是很常见的美容方式。

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noun

采摘物，拔下来的东西。

A fragment of something obtained by plucking.

Examples :

"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。