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prowling

英 [ˈpraʊlɪŋ]

美 [ˈpraʊlɪŋ]

v.  潜行(为捕猎等); 潜行(图谋不轨等); (因无聊、焦躁等)徘徊,走来走去
prowl的现在分词

复数:prowlings 现在分词:prowling 

COCA.41884

柯林斯词典

  • VERB 潜行;悄悄巡行
    If an animal or a personprowls around, they move around quietly, for example when they are hunting.
    1. Policemen prowled around the building.
      警察在大楼四周暗中巡查。
  • PHRASE (动物)在觅食;(人)在寻找性伴侣(或生意)
    If an animal ison the prowl, it is hunting. If a person ison the prowl, they are hunting for something such as a sexual partner or a business deal.
    1. Their fellow travellers are a mix of honeymooners, single girls on the prowl and elderly couples...
      他们的旅伴中有度蜜月的新人,有寻觅伴侣的单身女孩,也有老年夫妇。
    2. The new administration are on the prowl for ways to reduce spending.
      新政府在寻求削减开支的方法。

双语例句

  • They hit the enemy warships prowling along the coast.
    他们击中沿海岸偷航的敌舰。
  • In1987's "The Lost Boys", she played a vampire name Star who spent her nights prowling the boardwalks, using her charms and good looks to lure in men.
    在1987年的电影《粗野少年族》中,她扮演名为斯塔的吸血鬼,于夜间潜行,用她美丽的外表和智慧蛊惑人类。
  • I woke in the middle of then night and heard someone prowling about in the garden.
    我半夜里醒来听到有人在花园里蹑手蹑脚地走动。
  • A 300-strong task force is prowling the London streets during the Olympics.
    一支三百多人的督察队在奥运期间的伦敦街头四处巡查,他们的工作并不是为了保护市民,而是为了保护奥运会的赞助商,对所谓的“埋伏式营销”加以制裁。
  • Joly, perceiving a cat prowling on a gutter, extracted philosophy from it.
    若李看见一只猫在屋檐上徘徊,就作出了哲学的分析。
  • He was like a canny wolf prowling in a forest of trees of his own creation.
    他就像一只狡猾的狼,在他自己造的一座树林里徘徊觅食。
  • A bear was prowling in the forest.
    一只熊在森林中四处觅食。
  • I hear someone prowling around outside the window.
    我听到有人在窗外徘徊。
  • I could hear him prowling around in his bedroom all night.
    我听到他整夜在卧室里踱来踱去。
  • At midnight, when there was a moon, I sometimes met with hounds in my path prowling about the woods, which would skulk out of my way, as if afraid, and stand silent amid the bushes till I had passed.
    在有月亮的午夜,有时候我路上碰到了许多的猎犬,它们奔窜在树林中,从我面前的路上躲开,好像很怕我而静静地站在灌木丛中,直到我走过了再出来。