plucky

英 [ˈplʌki]

美 [ˈplʌki]

adj.  勇敢的; 有胆量的; 刚毅的

最高级：pluckiest　

BNC.22714 / COCA.24306

牛津词典

adj.

• 勇敢的；有胆量的；刚毅的
  having a lot of courage and determination

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有勇气的；有胆量的
  If someone, for example a sick child, is described asplucky, it means that although they are weak, they face their difficulties with courage.
  1. The plucky schoolgirl amazed doctors by hanging on to life for nearly two months.
     这名勇敢的女生坚持不放弃生命近两个月的精神令医生感到震惊。

双语例句

• Thomas that famous little blue tank engine hits retirement age this year, but the plucky, imaginary locomotive shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.
  知名动画角色&蓝色蒸汽小火车头托马斯今年到了退休的年龄了。但是这个虚构出来的勇敢的蒸汽火车头并没有任何放慢其全速前进的步伐。
• I'm not just some plucky girl you can string along!
  我不是那种轻浮的随便就可以泡上的女孩。
• Though defeated our team put up a plucky defense against their taller and huskier opponents.
  虽然战败，但是我们的队员依然勇敢地防御他们更高大，更强壮的敌手。
• SYDNEY ( Reuters)-A plucky Australian schoolboy who asked a former Miss Universe to his school dance, to be rebuffed, has finally had his dream date over lunch.
  一名勇敢的高中男生邀请前任环球小姐詹尼弗·霍金斯参加他的校园舞会但后来被拒绝了，不过他最终还是和霍金斯共进了午餐。
• The very reputation of being strong-willed, plucky, and indefatigable is of priceless value.& Charles Robert Darwin
  意志坚强、胆量过人和不屈不挠的名声，乃是一种无价之宝。&达尔文
• New Rules for the New Economy suggests that we might even learn something from those plucky life forms that exploded on the scene a half-billion years ago.
  《新经济之新规则》提示我们甚至该向在五亿年前那个时候急速增长的那些勇敢的生命形式学习。
• The plucky schoolgirl amazed doctors by hanging on to life for nearly two months.
  这名勇敢的女生坚持不放弃生命近两个月的精神令医生感到震惊。
• Plucky staff who work at the station are visited once a month by a postman who collects weather data, and a helicopter which delivers food, water and wood for the stove each autumn.
  胆大的气象站人员在这里工作，每个月会有邮差来收集气象数据，每年秋天会有直升机送来食物、水及生火的木材。
• And, of course, the beasts, spirits, demons and familiars themselves, a seemingly inexhaustible menagerie of companions and impediments for his plucky young heroes ( who are most often heroines).
  当然，那些野兽、神灵、怪物和常见的形象，如同一个无穷尽的小动物园，为他笔下年轻勇敢的英雄们（大部分是女英雄们）充当伙伴和敌人。
• It was very plucky of you to chase after the burglar like that.
  你真有勇气，敢那样追赶窃贼。