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
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.- Policemen prowled around the building.
警察在大楼四周暗中巡查。
- Policemen prowled around the building.
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- Their fellow travellers are a mix of honeymooners, single girls on the prowl and elderly couples...
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。