prowl

读音

• /pɹaʊl/
• /pɹoʊl/

释义

1. 鬼鬼祟祟地四处徘徊； 觅食或寻找猎物

   intransitive · transitive · 尤指

   He prowls each place, still in new colours decked.

   The New Arcadia

   a. 1587，Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney]，「(please specify the page number)」，收錄於Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio（編），The Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia]，London： […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie，1590 出版，→OCLC；republished in Albert Feuillerat（編），The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia（Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney；I），Cambridge, Cambridgeshire：University Press，1912，→OCLC：

   Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.

   看那只母狮子在灌木丛里狩猎斑马。

   It's easy to sneak vandalism into Wiktionary as there are few other users prowling the Recent Changes page.

   维基词典很容易就会被人偷偷破坏，因为没有多少用户盯着“最近更改”页面。

   While McCarthy prowled the touchline barking orders, his opposite number watched on motionless and expressionless and, with 25 minutes to go, decided to throw on Nicolas Anelka for Kalou。

   2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC:

2. 无所事事

   intransitive

   That dandy has nothing better to do than prowl around town all day in his pinstripe suit.

   那个男的没别的事干，整天就穿着件细条纹西装在镇上无所事事地晃来晃去。

3. 掠夺

   obsolete · transitive

   to prowl money

   抢钱

读音

• /pɹaʊl/
• /pɹoʊl/

释义

1. 无所事事；鬼鬼祟祟地四处徘徊

   colloquial

   I'm going on a midnight prowl.

   我准备半夜出去晃晃。