pluck

• n. 勇気；内臓；速く激しく引っ張る
• vt.引き抜く；引っ張る；引っ張る
• 引っ張る；引っ張る

古英語のpluccian「摘み取る、引っ張る、引っ張る」から、西ゲルマン語の*plokken「摘み取る」から、ラテン語のpilare「髪を摘み取る」から借用。

pluck

pluck: [OE] Pluck is a widespread Germanic word (Flemish has plokken, Swedish plocka, and Danish plukke, and German and Dutch the closely related pflücken and plukken), but it is ultimately of Latin origin. Prehistoric Germanic *plukkōn was acquired from a Vulgar Latin *piluccāre (source also of Old French peluchier ‘pluck’ – from which English gets plush [16] – and Italian piluccare ‘pluck’), a derivative of Latin pīlus ‘hair’ (source of English depilatory, pile ‘nap’, etc).

The use of the noun pluck for ‘courage’ originated in the 18th century from an earlier literal application to the ‘heart (and other internal organs) of a slaughtered animal’, which in turn was based on the notion of their being ‘plucked’ or removed from the carcase.
=> depilatory, pile, plush

pluck (n.)

c. 1400, "act of plucking," from pluck (v.). Meaning "courage, boldness" (1785), originally in pugilism slang, is a figurative use from earlier meaning "heart, viscera" (1610s) as that which is "plucked" from slaughtered livestock. Perhaps influenced by figurative use of the verb in pluck up (one's courage, etc.), attested from c. 1300.

pluck (v.)

late Old English ploccian, pluccian "pull off, cull," from West Germanic *plokken (cognates: Middle Low German plucken, Middle Dutch plocken, Dutch plukken, Flemish plokken, German pflücken), perhaps from Vulgar Latin *piluccare (source of Old French peluchier, late 12c.; Italian piluccare), a frequentative, ultimately from Latin pilare "pull out hair," from pilus "hair" (see pile (n.3)). But despite the similarities, OED finds difficulties with this and cites gaps in historical evidence. Related: Plucked; plucking.

To pluck a rose, an expression said to be used by women for going to the necessary house, which in the country usually stands in the garden. [F. Grose, "Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1785]

This euphemistic use is attested from 1610s. To pluck up "summon up" is from c. 1300.

1. It took me about two hours to pluck up courage to call.

勇気を出して電話するのに約2時間かかりました。

2.He is full of pluck .

彼は勇気がある.

3.Little companies are known for their pluck and perseverance，even in the face of a recession.

小さな会社の勇気と堅固さは有名で、不況に直面してもそうだ。

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

ハヤブサが鳥類の獲物を捕らえた時、通常は羽を抜いてから肉を引き裂く。

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

バンジョーの弦を鳴らし、誰もがそれに合わせて歌い始めた。