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If someone is plucky, they are brave and they keep going, even when they are small or the job looks too big.
If someone is plucky如果有人很plucky they are brave and they keep going意思是他很勇敢、會堅持下去 even when they are small or the job looks too big即使他很渺小、或事情看起來太艱鉅
Newspapers love this word for the side nobody expects to win — a plucky little team that almost beat the champions, a plucky child who spoke up. It praises nerve, not size or power.
Newspapers love this word for the side nobody expects to win報紙很愛用這個詞來形容沒人看好的一方 a plucky little team that almost beat the champions像是差點打敗冠軍隊的plucky小球隊 a plucky child who spoke up或是勇敢站出來發聲的plucky小孩 It praises nerve, not size or power它稱讚的是膽識，不是體型或力量
Though actually, it can sound a little from above, as if the writer is patting someone on the head: how brave, for someone so small. You see it far more in papers, especially British ones, than in everyday talk. Young people do not walk around calling their friends plucky.
Though actually不過其實 it can sound a little from above這個詞聽起來可能有點居高臨下 as if the writer is patting someone on the head好像作者在拍拍某人的頭說 how brave, for someone so small「這麼小還這麼勇敢啊」 You see it far more in papers, especially British ones你在報紙上，尤其是英國報紙，看到它的機會多很多 than in everyday talk比日常對話裡多很多 Young people do not walk around calling their friends plucky年輕人不會沒事就說朋友很plucky
It is a warm word, but a bit old-fashioned, and it almost always describes people or groups, not things.
It is a warm word, but a bit old-fashioned這是個溫暖但有點過時的詞 and it almost always describes people or groups, not things幾乎只用來形容人或群體，不會用在東西上
組成pluck (nerve; the courage to keep going) + -y (makes an adjective: “full of that”).
同家族的字
- pluckthe courage sense of pluck — not the sense of pulling feathers — plus -y
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pluckyadj/ˈplʌki/
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informalHaving or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances.
- For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury, / Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century
- "Dam' plucky of you, fixing it up like that. I kept that copper talking...give you a chance. By George, you did it perfectly."
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。