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

• I saw someone prowling around among the trees.
  我见有人在树林里鬼鬼祟祟地走动。
• 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。
• The police caught him prowling around the neighbourhood.
  警察发现他在附近出没。
• You can spot them prowling the streets of Mexico City's wealthy enclaves in sports cars.
  在墨西哥城的繁华地带，你可以看到他们开着跑车驰骋在街上。
• 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）。
• Chinese buyers, their share prices soaring, are prowling the globe for acquisitions.
  股价日益飙升的中国买家正在全球四处寻觅收购机会。
• They were prowling the aisles.
  他们在狭长的通道中逡巡。
• On his videos he was a leader of crowds, prowling the city in "Thriller"( 1983) in an outfit red as blood.
  他是音乐专辑中的民众领袖，一身血红色的穿戴，巡游在《颤栗》中的都市。
• However, China's coastline is very long and there must be beaches tucked away from public prowling.
  然而，中国的海岸线很长，必然有部分海滩远离尘嚣。
• 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。