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

The dog was rescued from the river by two plucky kids.
这只狗被两个无畏的少年从河中救起。
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。
But although sky claims still to adhere to those principles, the reality is rather different now that sky has moved from a plucky start-up to an established incumbent.
虽然天空声称仍在坚持这些原则，但事实并非如此，因为天空已从一家胆色过人的初创公司变为成熟的老牌企业。
WALL-E, however, looks rusty and hard-working and plucky, and expresses his personality with body language and ( mostly) with the binocular-like video cameras that serve as his eyes.
而瓦力锈迹斑斑、工作勤快、勇敢坚决，运用肢体语言以及更多通过双目并用的摄像头眼睛来表达情感。
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
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。
After all, how better to understand the roots and goals of a plucky Estonian start-up than conducting meetings in a sauna?
毕竟，要了解一家勇敢的爱沙尼亚初创公司的根源和目标，还有什么比在桑拿浴室里开会更合适呢？
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。
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。
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。