Pluck : 용기, 결단, (머리카락/눈썹/ 닭등의 털 등을)뽑다, 확 잡아 뽑다, (위험한 상황, 특정상황에서)뽑아내다, 끌어내다
Plucky : 용기있는, 결단있는
Pluck up courage : (무서움을 참고) 용기를 내다, 용기를 내어 하다
Pluck something out of the air : (특히 질문에 대한 답으로 이름·숫자 등을) 불쑥 말하다,(공기중에 있는 벌레 등을)잡다
1)
as a noun pluck, means courage, bravery, enterprise
plucky as an adjectives, he was a very plucky young man
the pluckyniess in her made me admire her the guts and gits
pluck, plucky, brave, bravery
spirit, bottle, determination, guts, bravery, grit, metal, courageousness
he showed a lot of pluck in this situation
courage, determination in a difficult or frightening situation
it's your nerve, your spirit
he is very enterprising very plucky
2)
to pluck, as a verb, to pull out
you could pluck out her hair
he plucked a strawberry from the plant
I offered him the money in my hand and he plucked the money ouf of my hand and ran off
to take out
to pull out
to pull something, particulary with a sudden movement in order to remove
you have a chicken and it's coverend in feathers and you need to pluck the chicken
you have to pull out the feathers, to pluck out feathers
I saw the chicken dig up a worm and the neighbor plucked the worm from the soil
he plucked a rose and gave it to her on bended knee
to collect, to gather, to harvest
to pull out, to jerk , to yank
he plucked the flower and gave it to me, to pick up
you could pluck at your clothes to pull out
3)
to pluck a guitar string
he was plucking his guiter he had
to strum
to twang
4)
you could pluck somebody out of an ordinary situation or dangerous situation
the singer was plucked out of the band and sent to stardom
the passenger on the ship were plucked from danger at the very last moment
the helicopter plucked the drowning man from the sea
he was plucked from obscurity
to pluck, to pick up, to take, to draw
the childe was plucked from the nursery and taken to the docters to remove abruptly and forciblyl from a situation
the police plucked the criminal from the middle of the crowd
5)
to pluck up your courage
to beome brave, this is an expression
I was really worried about asking her out and finally I plucked up the courage to ask her out and she said no
I had to pluck up my courage, to screw up my courage
6)
to pluck something out of the air
I've seen chickens pluck flies out of the air
to pluck something from nowhere, you grab it you take it
but you can pluck something out of the air is to find a solution out of nothing
he plucked the answer out of the air
I plucked an answer out of the air without thinking about it
I plucked an idea out of the air
Formality : 6 - 6.5
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