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

• 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。
• Be careful here, there are lions prowling about in the bush.
  当心，这里有狮子在灌木丛中觅食。
• This prowling cat is just like your grandfather.
  这猫每天四处乱窜，跟你爷爷一个样。
• The act of prowling ( walking about in a stealthy manner).
  来回走的动作（鬼鬼祟祟地走来走去）。
• Also called cyclones or typhoons, hurricanes are giant storms prowling the world's tropical seas.
  飓风也被称作旋风或台风，是游弋于地球热带海域的巨型风暴。
• 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。
• Once you've earned their respect, they're much less likely to push your partner into prowling.
  一旦你赢得的尊重，不大将你的伴侣推到女人那里去。
• 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。
• He deposed that he had seen a tramp prowling round the farm.
  他证实他看见一个流浪汉在农庄周围徘徊。
• I hear someone prowling around outside the window.
  我听到有人在窗外徘徊。