知识扩展
易混词辨析
pull、pick、tug
1.pluck(动词 / 名词):“拔;采摘;勇气”(多义:① “拔(毛、草等)”,如 “pluck chicken feathers” 拔鸡毛、“pluck weeds” 拔草;② “采摘(水果、花)”,如 “pluck apples” 摘苹果;③ 名词 “勇气”(口语,如 “show pluck” 表现出勇气));
2. pull(动词 / 名词,通用):“拉;拖”(如 “pull the door” 拉门),比 pluck 范围广,pluck 特指 “用力拔取细小物体”;
3. pick(动词 / 名词):“采摘;挑选”(如 “pick strawberries” 摘草莓、“pick a book” 选一本书),比 pluck 更 “轻柔”(摘水果用 pick,拔鸡毛用 pluck);
4. tug(动词 / 名词):“用力拉;拽”(如 “tug at the rope” 拽绳子),比 pluck 更侧重 “横向拉扯”,pluck 多为 “纵向拔取”。
短语动词
短语动词 习语 pluck at (轻轻地)拔,拉,拽 查看更多 以下资源来自牛津词典 pluck at sth 揪;拽;拉;抻 to hold sth with the fingers and pull it gently, especially more than once 同义词: tug The child kept plucking at his mother's sleeve. 小孩不停地拉扯着他妈妈的衣袖。 (figurative) The wind plucked at my jacket. 风不时地吹动着我的上衣。 收起 v. pluck sth out of the air 脱口而出;随意回答 to say a name, number, etc. without thinking about it, especially in answer to a question I just plucked a figure out of the air and said : ‘Would £1 000 seem reasonable to you?’ 我随口说出一个数字问道:“你看1 000英镑合适吗?” pluck up (the) courage (to do sth) 鼓起勇气(做某事) to make yourself do sth even though you are afraid to do it I finally plucked up the courage to ask her for a date. 我终于鼓起勇气约她出去。