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

• 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。
• 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）。
• They hit the enemy warships prowling along the coast.
  他们击中沿海岸偷航的敌舰。
• 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。
• 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。
• There is a strange man prowling in our backyard.
  有个陌生人在我们后院徘徊。
• 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 saw someone prowling around among the trees.
  我见有人在树林里鬼鬼祟祟地走动。
• The police caught him prowling around the neighbourhood.
  警察发现他在附近出没。
• This prowling cat is just like your grandfather.
  这猫每天四处乱窜，跟你爷爷一个样。