Plums

Definition

pluck 1 /plʌk/ v ၁။ ~ sth (off/ out) ခူးသည္။ ဆြတ္သည္။ ႏုတ္သည္။ pluck a rose from the garden ❍ pluck one's eyebrows (ie remove hairs from them to make them nester) ❍ pluck out a grey hair. ၂။ (ၾကက္ေမြး စသည္) ႏုတ္သည္။ ၃။ ~ sth (from sth); ~ (at sth) ဆြဲသည္။ ဆြဲထုတ္သည္။ The child was plucking (at) her mother's skirt. ❍ He plucked a handkerchief from his pocket. ၄။ ~ sb from sth ဆယ္ယူသည္။ ဆြဲတင္သည္။ a sailor plucked from a sinking ship by a helicopter ❍ She was plucked from obscurity to take part in the new TV series. ၅။ (US also pick ) (ႀကိဳးတပ္တူရိယာကို လက္ေခ်ာင္းသက္သက္ ျဖင့္) တီးသည္။ pluck the strings of a guitar. ❏ pluck sth up [ PHRV ] (စိတ္ဓာတ္) ေမာင္းတင္သည္၊ အားတင္းသည္။ I finally plucked up the/ enough courage to tell her. pluck 2 /plʌk/ n [U] ( infml ) သတၱိ။ She showed a lot of pluck in dealing with the burglars. ❏ plucky adj သတၱိရိွေသာ။

Examples

1. A plucked chicken
2. I plucked a grey hair from my head.
3. He plucked absent-mindedly at the guitar strings.
4. Ships in the area plucked 45 people from the sea.
5. [pluck someone to safety] : Rescue crews plucked them to safety.