pluck
(English)
Etimologie
Din engleza medie plucken, plukken, plockien, care provine din engleza veche pluccian, ploccian și plyċċan din engleza veche < proto-germanică *plukkōnan, *plukkijanan care este de origine necunoscută.
Pronunție
- AFI: /plʌk/
Verb
| Conjugarea verbului to pluck | |
| Infinitiv | to pluck |
| Prezent simplu pers. 3 sg. |
plucks |
| Trecut simplu | plucked |
| Participiu trecut | plucked |
| Participiu prezent | plucking |
- a scoate (brusc), a trage
- She plucked the phone from her bag and dialled.
- (muz.) a ciupi (coardele)
- Whereas a piano strikes the string, a harpsichord plucks it.
- a smulge, a jumuli (o pasăre)
- John, don't forget to pluck the goose and take it to the kitchen.
- a jefui, a prăda, a jecmăni
- The horny highwayman plucked his victims to their underwear, or attractive ones all the way.
Sinonime
Cuvinte derivate
Substantiv
pluck, (nenumărabil)
- smulgere, jumulire
- Those tiny birds are hardly worth the tedious pluck.
- (gastr.) măruntaie de pasăre
- (fig.) temeritate, insolență, perseverență, cutezanță
- He didn't get far with the attempt, but you have to admire his pluck.
Sinonime
- 3: nerve, fortitude, persistence