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单词 plucky
释义
plucky
adjective
informal
uk
/ˈplʌk.i/us
/ˈplʌk.i/
brave:
有勇气的，有胆量的
It was plucky of you tochaseafter theburglar.你真有胆量，敢追赶窃贼。
Synonyms
brave
gutsyinformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
brave
  • braveThe King was a brave warrior.
  • courageousShe was a courageous woman who never complained about her illness.
  • daringHe made a daring escape from his kidnappers.
  • boldI wasn't bold enough to leave my job.
  • adventurousShe's a very adventurous person and enjoys mountain climbing.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Brave and courageous
  • adventurous
  • adventurously
  • audacious
  • ballsy
  • be man enoughto do somethingidiom
  • doughty
  • faint heart never won fair lady/maidenidiom
  • fearless
  • fearlessly
  • gallant
  • intrepid
  • intrepidly
  • lion-hearted
  • man up
  • manfully
  • unflinchingly
  • unperturbed
  • valiant
  • valiantly
  • venturesome
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(Definition ofpluckyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

plucky| American Dictionary

plucky
adjective
us
/ˈplʌk·i/

pluckyadjective(BRAVERY)

brave:
Terriers are plucky littledogswithindependentspiritsandrecklesscourage.
(Definition ofpluckyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofplucky

plucky
It is known, from the available facts, that the part played by the 'pluckycoxswain' in the expedition was insignificant.
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It is never easy to go against the customs of one's country, but they are veryplucky.
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It was apluckyspeech from his point of view, a speech marked by statesmanship.
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It is being challenged by the managers, the directorate of those mines; and they are doing a verypluckything in doing that.
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I am proud to be a countryman of suchpluckymen.
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It was apluckything to do, having regard to the feebleness of her military strength and her geographical situation.
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No doubt anyone who goes and clubs an old bull seal must be apluckyindividual, because that seal is a formidable monster.
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It was a verypluckything to do.
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It requires a verypluckyfellow indeed to contract out of this measure in many unions.
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They may be only terriers in stature in this sort of relationship, but they arepluckyterriers.
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They are sportsmen, gallant andplucky, and all they want is to be properly trained.
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I remember that verypluckyspeech he made a year or two ago.
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That is veryplucky, is it not?
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I think our admiration must go out to thepluckylittle country which has put up such a game struggle for independence against such heavy odds.
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Who was thepluckyman?
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