prowl

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n. 潜行, 徘徊, 悄悄踱步 vi. 潜行以觅食, 徘徊 vt. 徘徊

发音

其它 /pɹaʊl/

词形变化

prowls 复数 prowled prowling prowls 三单 prowls prowling 现在分词 prowled 过去式 prowled 过去分词

别名

proul

教材释义与例句

名词

徘徊，潜行；悄悄踱步

动词

在…搜寻；潜行于

动词

徘徊，潜行

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of prowling.

    非正式

    I'm going on a midnight prowl.

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty.

    及物/不及物

    Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.

    It's easy to sneak vandalism into Wiktionary as there are few other users prowling the Recent Changes page.

  2. 2.

    To idle; to go about aimlessly.

    徘徊

    不及物

    That dandy has nothing better to do than prowl around town all day in his pinstripe suit.

  3. 3.

    To collect by plunder.

    废旧 及物

    to prowl money

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

walk walking
动词

同义词 1

lurch

上位词 10

walk lounge loaf linger lurk tarry loiter hang around mess about footle

相关短语

prowl car [法] 巡逻者 prowl cars on the prowl 徘徊, 四出寻觅

词源

From Middle English prollen, of unknown origin.

来源：wiktionary