Plucked

(adj.) of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum .

(adj.) having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; 'a plucked chicken'; 'an unfeathered goose' .

校对:朗达

• I suppose,' with a jerk, 'you have sometimes plucked a pear before it was ripe, Master Copperfield? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• She plucked and tore at her arms for a little time; but I held her hands, and she soon dropped off. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Able men who have passed their examinations will do these things sometimes, not less than the plucked Fred. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Her rich black hair was all about her face, her face was flushed and hot, and as she sobbed and raged, she plucked at her lips with an unsparing hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• He's only been plucked twice--so was I--but he's had the advantages of Oxford and a university education. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• By Gad, sir, he explained to the public in general, what a good plucked one that boy of mine is--what a trump he is! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He had plucked it off again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• He sprang forward to enter, but the specter plucked him back, and waved threateningly before him a. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• She wants a year of coming of age, and if you plucked up a spirit she needn't want a month of being married. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I plucked at my hair. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And the child delivered a note; the little dove dropped on my knee, its olive leaf plucked off. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• When a string is plucked in the middle without being held, it vibrates simply as a whole (Fig. 184), and gives forth but one note; this is called the fundamental. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• She gave me a seat by her, and after my face cooled off, I plucked up courage and looked about me. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• One single white hair streaked her nut-brown tresses; she plucked it out with a shudder. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The gushing fountains which sparkle in the sun, must not be stopped in mere caprice; the oasis in the desert of Sahara must not be plucked up idly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Like many a plucked idle young gentleman, he was thoroughly in love, and with a plain girl, who had no money! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The wretched whelp plucked up a ghastly courage, and began to grow defiant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• If the stretched string is plucked with the fingers or bowed with the violin bow, a clear musical sound of definite pitch will be produced. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• And still the forced spirit which the whelp had plucked up, throve with him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• But as I did so the face suddenly disappeared, so suddenly that it seemed to have been plucked away into the darkness of the room. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I was so mortified at being treated in this way, that I plucked up spirit enough to speak. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I should have looked into my own heart, and found this new growth springing up there, and plucked it out while it was young. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Old habits, old restraints, the hand of inherited order, plucked back the bewildered mind which passion had jolted from its ruts. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• She begged him to choose it for himself, but he refused to do that--I could not understand why--so she plucked it for him, and gave it into his hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Holmes and I followed them down the lane, and my friend plucked at my sleeve as we came out. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The neck was drawn out like a plucked chicken's, making the rest of him seem the more obese and unnatural by the contrast. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.

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