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单词 lurk
释义
lurk
verb
uk
/lɜːk/us
/lɝːk/
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
towaitormovein asecretway so that you cannot beseen,especiallybecause you are about toattacksomeone or do somethingwrong:
（尤指为攻击某人或做坏事而）潜伏，隐蔽，悄悄移动
Someone was lurkingintheshadows.有人藏在黑影里。
Why are you lurkingaroundin thehallway?你干吗在走廊里鬼鬼祟祟的？
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
(of anunpleasantfeelingorquality) toexistalthoughit is not alwaysnoticeable:
（不好的感觉或特征）潜伏，潜藏
Dangerlurks around everycorner.每个角落里都潜伏着危险。
Itseemsthatoldprejudicesare still lurkingbeneaththesurface.在表象的背后似乎依然潜藏着旧有的偏见。
[I]internet & telecomsinformal
tospendtimein achatroomor on asocialmediawebsiteandreadwhat otherpeoplehaveposted(= written oradded)withoutpostinganything yourself
在（网上）聊天室里潜水；隐身进入（网上）聊天室
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  • smokescreen
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lurking
(Definition oflurkfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lurk| American Dictionary

lurk
verb[I]
us
/lɜrk/
tostayaround aplacesecretly, or tostayhidden,waitingtoattackorappear:
When I was four, I wasconvincedthere was amonsterlurking in mycloset.
(Definition oflurkfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflurk

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Underneath is the basement, in which a blind black man is lurking, waiting for his chance to enter the room.
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On closer inspection, however, evaluative factors lurked beneath the surface even of the more disciplined contributions to the debate.
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Questions about the implications of this view of man for death and immortality would be lurking doggedly in the background.
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At the same time, the shadow of serious crime and gang warfare lurks beneath the surface.
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Such elfin mischiefmakers should surely have lurked and scurried about the stage.
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Behind this neat isomorphism of ideas, institutions, and book chapters lurks a venerable interpretation of university history.
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Even a casual glance at much of the imported pabulum, both organic and conventional, lurking on the supermarket shelf lends strength to that particular argument.
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He opted for a sentence containing two dangerous factors: a preposition and a coordination - with a than lurking in the sidelines as well.
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The fear, however, that this could happen to themselves, often lurks below the surface.
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Behind the relatively simple physiological basis of oral rehydration therapy lurks a hidden danger.
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First, he fails to see the intolerant possibilities lurking within a neutral society.
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Wartime literature was replete with metaphors about the fragility of civilisation and the 'wild beast' lurking within humanity.
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The human figures reduced to type, shrank in size, and lurked the margins as guides to the monumental scale of nature's nation.
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Behind all this lurks depression, the feeling of emptiness and self-alienation, and the sense that their life has no meaning.
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Moreover, political tests lurked in welfare provision as in other arenas under the regime's authority.
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