pluck at (something)

To grasp and pull or tug at something forcibly and abruptly with one's fingers or a grasping instrument, such as tweezers or pliers. She kept plucking at my sleeve to get my attention. Quit plucking at that thread or you'll ruin the whole sweater.

pluck at someone or something

to pull or pick at someone or something. Kelly plucked at Ed, picking off the burrs that had caught on his clothing. Kelly plucked at the strings of the guitar.

词组	pluck at (something)
释义	pluck at (something) pluck at (something) To grasp and pull or tug at something forcibly and abruptly with one's fingers or a grasping instrument, such as tweezers or pliers. She kept plucking at my sleeve to get my attention. Quit plucking at that thread or you'll ruin the whole sweater. See also: pluck Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. pluck at someone or something to pull or pick at someone or something. Kelly plucked at Ed, picking off the burrs that had caught on his clothing. Kelly plucked at the strings of the guitar. See also: pluck McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: pluck at pluck from pluck off pull (someone or something) by (something) pull by push past yank (someone or something) out of (something) yank out of within grasp pull oneself off
随便看	not miss (something) for love nor money not miss (something) for the world not move a muscle not move an inch not much not much chop not much cop not much for looks not much going on upstairs not much in it not much of anything not much to boast about not much to choose from not much to look at not much to speak of not much upstairs not my circus, not my monkeys not my dog not nearly not necessarily not/never darken somebody's door again not/never have a good word to say for/about somebody/something not/never in a hundred, etc. years not/never put/set a foot wrong not/never set the world on fire