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单词 prowl
释义
prowl
verb[IorT]
uk
/praʊl/us
/praʊl/
tomovearoundquietlyin aplacetryingnot to beseenorheard, such as ananimaldoes whenhunting:
（打猎等时）悄悄来回游走（于），潜行
There have beenreportsof amaskedman prowling in theneighbourhood.有人报告说有一个蒙面人在附近出没。
Atnight,adultscorpionsprowl thedesertfor(=tryingtocatch)insects.在夜晚，成年蝎子在沙漠里潜行觅食昆虫。
informalUnable tosleep, he prowled(=walkedwithoutpurpose)(about/around)thehotelcorridors.他睡不着，就在旅馆的走廊里徘徊。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving to avoid being seen
  • creep
  • skulk
  • slink
  • sneak
  • spirit
  • stalk
  • stalking
  • steal
  • stealth
  • stealthily
  • stealthy
prowl
noun
uk
/praʊl/us
/praʊl/
be on the prowl
to bemovingaroundquietlyin aplacetryingnot to beseenorheard:
悄然潜行
There was afoxon the prowlearlier.早些时候有只狐狸出没于此。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Slow and moving slowly
  • (as) slow as molassesidiom
  • at a snail's paceidiom
  • by and byidiom
  • by degreesidiom
  • clawyourway(somewhere)idiom
  • drift
  • float
  • inch by inchidiom
  • infiltrate
  • infiltration
  • jog
  • labour
  • lag
  • laggard
  • sluggishness
  • snail
  • steadily
  • steadiness
  • steady
  • struggle
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Hiding and disguising
(Definition ofprowlfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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prowl
verb[I/T]
us
/prɑʊl/
tomovearound anareaquietlyandsecretly, as whenhunting:
[T]Atnight,scorpionsprowl thedesertforinsects.
[I]There have beenreportsof a man prowling in theneighborhood.

prowl

noun[U]us
/prɑʊl/

Idiom

on the prowl
(Definition ofprowlfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She dwells and prowls in places associated with death and filth.
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He used the flatbed of a truck for a stage and paced and prowled.
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The streets clearly are not safe; two bands of armed men are prowling the city.
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When they pulled it off, a real, live panther was prowling inside.
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From their super-human form, many of the people begin to regress into the deadly human-beasts that are prowling around the town.
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Around the house prowled strangely docile lions and wolves, the drugged victims of her magic; they were not dangerous, and fawned on all newcomers.
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Then he strapped two flashlights to his head and prowled through the village entering the homes of his neighbours.
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Anti-malaria squads could be seen prowling the area spraying stagnant water with insecticide.
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Love isn't safe when pity's prowling around.
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A snakelike monster (there may be more than one) prowls the wasteland as the primary predator, and it feeds on the demons' powers and essence for all eternity.
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In 1991, he was again arrested and charged with prowling and possessing instruments connected to burglaries, although there was not enough evidence to charge him with the break-ins themselves.
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The larvae do not begin feeding until their yolk sacs are reabsorbed, at which point they begin to feed on benthic invertebrates by prowling the bottom of the stream.
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In the beginning, a black tom cat, shown at shoulder height, prowls an urban landscape and picks a fight with a white cat, as credits are shown.
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Other dogsprowlin the periphery.
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There is no need for him toprowlup and down the country seeking for misdemeanours as if local planning authorities were mischievous schoolboys.
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