stalk

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n. 茎, 追踪, 高视阔步 vi. 悄悄靠近, 蹑手蹑脚地走近, 蔓延, 高视阔步 vt. 追踪, 搜索

发音

UK /stɔːk/
US /stɑk/
其它 /staːk/
US /stɔk/

词形变化

stalks 复数 stalks 三单 stalking 现在分词 stalked 过去式 stalked 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The stem or main axis of a plant.

    a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp

  2. 2.

    The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.

    grape stalks

  3. 3.

    Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.

  4. 4.

    An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

    建筑
  5. 5.

    One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

  6. 6.

    A stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.

    生物 动物学
  7. 7.

    The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.

    生物 动物学
  8. 8.

    The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

    生物 动物学
  9. 9.

    An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.

    艺术 工程
  10. 10.

    Informally, a construction which generalizes that of the notion of the ring of germs of functions near a point to the context of arbitrary sheaves. Formally, given a sheaf ℱ on a space X, and a point x in X, the direct limit of the sections of F on the open neighborhoods of x ordered by reverse inclusion. See Stalk (sheaf) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

    数学
  11. 11.

    The penis.

    俚语
  12. 1.

    A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.

  13. 2.

    The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.

  14. 1.

    A haughty style of walking.

v.
  1. 1.

    To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ

    缠扰

    及物

    My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.

  3. 3.

    To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.

    不及物
  5. 1.

    To walk haughtily.

    不及物

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English stalke, stelke, stalk, perhaps from Old English *stealc, *stielc, *stealuc, from Proto-West Germanic *staluk, *stalik, from Proto-Germanic *stalukaz, *stalikaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *stalô, *staluz (“support, stem, stalk”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch staal (“sample”), steel (“stem”), German Stiel (“stalk”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål stilk (“stalk, stem”), Faroese stjølur (“bottom part of a sheaf”), Icelandic stilkur (“stalk, stem”), Norwegian Nynorsk stilk, stylk (“stalk, stem”), styl (“lower part of a straw”), Swedish stjälk (“stalk, stem”), Albanian shtalkë (“crossbeam, board used as a door hinge”), Welsh telm (“frond”), Ancient Greek στειλειή (steileiḗ, “beam”), Old Armenian ստեղն (stełn, “trunk, stalk”).

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