eyes out on stalks
stalk
verb
uk /stɔːk/ us /stɑːk/

stalkverb (FOLLOW)

[ T ]
to follow an animal or person as closely as possible without being seen or heard, usually in order to catch or kill them: 跟踪，悄悄地靠近（猎物或人）
The police had been stalking the woman for a week before they arrested her.警方逮捕那个女人之前已经跟踪了她一个星期。
[ I or T ]
to illegally follow and watch someone over a period of time: （在一段时期内）非法跟踪骚扰
He had stalked her for several months before he was arrested.在被捕之前，他已经跟踪骚扰了她好几个月了。
He was arrested for stalking.他因跟踪骚扰他人而被捕。

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to follow someone or something
followFollow me - this way!
tag alongDo you mind if my little brother tags along?
chaseHe was running and the dog was chasing him.
pursueThe robber was pursued by several members of the public.
tailThe car was tailed by police for several hours.
shadowThe police think the robbers shadowed their victims for days before the crime.
[ T ]literary
If something unpleasant stalks a place, it appears there in a threatening way: （令人不快的事）笼罩
When night falls, danger stalks the streets of the city.夜幕降临之后，该市的大街小巷危机四伏。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Pursuing
be hot on someone's track/trailidiom
be on someone's tailidiom
bear
bear down on someone/something
bring
bring up the rearidiom
convoy
hound
humbug
in hot pursuitidiom
on the scentidiom
pester
pursue
run
stick
tag
tailgate
targetable
track
track and trace

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Moving to avoid being seen
Existing and being

stalkverb (WALK)

[ I+ adv/prep ]
to walk in an angry or proud way: 怒气冲冲地走;趾高气扬地走
She refused to accept that she was wrong and stalked furiously out of the room.她拒绝承认自己的错误，怒气冲冲地走出了房间。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving firmly on foot
breeze
bull
clomp
clump
flounce
goose step
lope
pace
parade
quick march!idiom
sashay
stamp
stomp
stride
strut
swagger
swaggeringly
unmounted
vamp
waltz

stalk | American Dictionary

stalk
noun[ C ]
us/stɔk/

stalknoun[C] (PLANT PART)

any stem on a plant, esp. the main stem:
Cynthia says those flowers have pretty tall stalks.
stalk
verb
us/stɔk/

stalkverb (FOLLOW)

[ T ]
to follow an animal or person as closely as possible without being seen or heard:
He spent the weekend stalking deer to photograph them.
Celebrities are often stalked by photographers and reporters.

stalkverb (WALK)

[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
to walk in an angry or proud way:
She didn’t say anything but stalked furiously out of the room.

Examples of stalk

stalk
All third instars reared on cane stalks were alive at 16 weeks.
In both these works, small speakers are mounted on walls in plant-like configurations with the loudspeaker wires resembling stalks.
Further, the actions of animals are clearly intentional, as when an animal stalks its prey.
They are, however, useful to workers attempting to support and advise victims of stalking.
Chapters 6, 7 and 8 are most probably irrelevant to current victims of stalking and will only serve to relive their trauma.
The stalks and leaves have relatively straight outlines and characteristic angles and intersections between the outlines.
While her limbs remained strong, the long-toothed specter of dementia had stalked up behind her and taken her hostage.
Of the total biomass produced, approximately 15% is food (millet grain) and 85% can be regarded as potential feed (millet leaves, stalks and threshed panicles).
The number of stalks showing borer damage, as indicated by bored internodes, was recorded.
There were no significant differences in the rate of pupation between watering stalks daily and doing so every other day.
There was strong globular immunoreactivity at the end of labeled stalks of putative horizontal cell processes.
A bamboo-like reed which grows in tall separate stalks and which is used for thatching roofs and making baskets.
In these p lants o nly t he flowers d istal to a damaged region on inflorescence stalks were considered lost.
Hydration of larvae was also probably achieved via active uptake of water applied topically or through the stalks.
Samples were taken from the bottom, middle and top of each heap of stalks.
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Collocations withstalk

stalk

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eye stalk
A white line or spot is also visible on the eyestalk.
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