| 词汇 | prowl |
| 释义 | prowl verb[ I or T ] uk /praʊl/ us /praʊl/ to move around quietly in a place trying not to be seen or heard, such as an animal does when hunting: （打猎等时）悄悄来回游走（于），潜行 There have been reports of a masked man prowling in the neighbourhood.有人报告说有一个蒙面人在附近出没。 At night, adult scorpions prowl the desert for(= trying to catch) insects.在夜晚，成年蝎子在沙漠里潜行觅食昆虫。 informalUnable to sleep, he prowled (= walked without purpose)(about/around) the hotel corridors.他睡不着，就在旅馆的走廊里徘徊。 Moving to avoid being seen creep skulk slink sneak spirit stalk stalking steal stealth stealthily stealthy prowl noun uk /praʊl/ us /praʊl/ be on the prowl to be moving around quietly in a place trying not to be seen or heard: 悄然潜行 There was a fox on the prowl earlier.早些时候有只狐狸出没于此。 prowl | American Dictionaryprowl verb[ I/T ] us/prɑʊl/ to move around an area quietly and secretly, as when hunting: [ T ]At night, scorpions prowl the desert for insects. [ I ]There have been reports of a man prowling in the neighborhood. prowlnoun[ U ]us/prɑʊl/ Idiomon the prowl Examples of prowlprowl He used the flatbed of a truck for a stage and paced and prowled. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The streets clearly are not safe; two bands of armed men are prowling the city. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When they pulled it off, a real, live panther was prowling inside. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. From their super-human form, many of the people begin to regress into the deadly human-beasts that are prowling around the town. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Around the house prowled strangely docile lions and wolves, the drugged victims of her magic; they were not dangerous, and fawned on all newcomers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Then he strapped two flashlights to his head and prowled through the village entering the homes of his neighbours. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Anti-malaria squads could be seen prowling the area spraying stagnant water with insecticide. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Love isn't safe when pity's prowling around. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A snakelike monster (there may be more than one) prowls the wasteland as the primary predator, and it feeds on the demons' powers and essence for all eternity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1991, he was again arrested and charged with prowling and possessing instruments connected to burglaries, although there was not enough evidence to charge him with the break-ins themselves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The larvae do not begin feeding until their yolk sacs are reabsorbed, at which point they begin to feed on benthic invertebrates by prowling the bottom of the stream. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the beginning, a black tom cat, shown at shoulder height, prowls an urban landscape and picks a fight with a white cat, as credits are shown. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other dogs prowl in the periphery. There is no need for him to prowl up and down the country seeking for misdemeanours as if local planning authorities were mischievous schoolboys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In those countries all large-scale organisation is nationalised and is not in a position to go on the prowl buying up the smaller businesses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of prowl These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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