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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A bear was prowling in the forest.
  一只熊在森林中四处觅食。
• 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。
• The police caught him prowling around the neighbourhood.
  警察发现他在附近出没。
• There is a strange man prowling in our backyard.
  有个陌生人在我们后院徘徊。