vt.

1. 採，摘，拔[（+from/out/off）][O1]
   He plucked her a rose.

   他摘了一朵玫瑰花給她。

2. 拔……的毛
   Has the goose been plucked?

   鵝的毛拔掉了沒有？

3. 扯，拉
   He plucked the letter from her hands.

   他從她手裡把信抓了過來。

4. 【音】撥；彈

vi.

1. 拉，拽；拔，扯[（+at）]
   The brambles plucked at her skirt.

   荊棘鉤扯著她的裙子。

   She plucked at the loose threads of her coat.

   她扯去上衣上鬆了的線。

n.

1. （一）拉；（一）撥；（一）扯[C][S1]
   With a few plucks at the strings of his banjo, everybody was singing along.

   他撥了撥班卓琴的琴弦，每個人就都跟著唱了起了。

2. （動物的）內臟[the S]
3. 勇氣，意志[U]
   He showed pluck in fighting a boy much bigger than himself.

   他敢於跟一個比他大得多的孩子搏鬥，足以表現出他的勇氣。

v.

1. take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place.
   ▸catch hold of and pull quickly.
2. pull the feathers from (a bird's carcass) to prepare it for cooking.
   ▸pull some of the hairs from (one's eyebrows) to make them look neater.
3. sound (a stringed musical instrument) with one's finger or a plectrum.

n.

1. spirited and determined courage.
2. the heart, liver, and lungs of an animal as food.