plucking

He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.

他坐在床上,随意地拨着吉他弦。

He idly plucked the strings of the lute.

他漫不经心地拨弄着鲁特弦。

The child plucked at its mother's skirt.

孩子拉母亲裙子(引她注意)。

He plucked at her sleeve to try and get her attention.

他不停地拉她袖子图引起她注意。

When you kill a chicken to eat, you have to pluck it.

当你杀，你得拔去毛。

He was plucked in the examination.

他考不及格。

With a few pluck at the string of his banjo, everybodyis singing along.

他拨了拨班弦，每个人就都跟著唱了起了。

Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey.

游隼捕到鸟类猎物，通常是先拔掉它们羽毛，再把肉撕下来。

The man began to pluck up his courage, and suddenly unslung and bent his bow.

那人逐渐地壮起胆来，突然取下铁弩，把它拉开。

And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea;and it should obey you.

“你们若有信心像一粒芥菜种，就是对这棵桑树说，‘你要拔起根来，栽在海里’，它也必听从你们。”