prowled

英 [praʊld]

美 [praʊld]

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的过去分词和过去式

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 felt that God had forsaken the stray sheep there to its own wicked wanderings, and an evil beast prowled between it and the fold, waiting his time to spring and destroy.
  我感觉上帝在那儿丢下了这迷途的羔羊，任它胡乱游荡，而一只恶兽暗暗徘徊在那只羊与羊栏之间，伺机跳起来毁灭它。
• Policemen prowled around the building.
  警察在大楼四周暗中巡查。
• Feline Swiftness – This talent no longer increases your movement speed while prowled.
  豹之迅捷-这个天赋不再增加你在潜行状态下的移动速度。
• He prowled about between his office and the theatre.
  他在他的事务所和戏院之间流连徘徊。
• In this dilemma, Cosette had caught sight through the fence of Eponine in man's clothes, who now prowled incessantly around the garden.
  正在焦急时，珂赛特一眼望见穿着男装的爱潘妮在铁栏门外闪过；爱潘妮近来经常在那园子附近逡巡的。
• Meanwhile, Japan's corporate buyers prowled the world for trophies.
  同时，日本企业收购者在世界范围内四处寻觅收购目标。
• She prowled back and forth in the small, old-fashioned room.
  她在这间小小的老式屋里来回徘徊。
• I prowled around the lake admiring the beautiful scenery.
  我在湖边徘徊，欣赏美丽的景色。
• We prowled around the second-hand music shops for hour.
  我们在几家旧乐器行里逛了好几个小时。
• He and Sami Khedira prowled the centre of the pitch with unyielding authority and the Bayern Munich star was Germany's creator-in-chief in the famous victories against England and Argentina.
  他和萨米·赫迪拉用不可动摇的权威性统治着中场，在对英格兰队和阿根廷队的比赛中，这位拜仁慕尼黑队球星无疑已成为赛场上的最高指挥官。