prowls

英 [praʊlz]

美 [praʊlz]

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的第三人称单数

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

• Loans for Urban Construction: Centralized Hazard Prowls About
  城建贷款：风险集中化在潜行
• He prowls the empty rooms of the house at night, thinking of the death of his wife, who was the only friend of his, heart pierced bitterly.
  夜里，他在家中的空屋里踱来踱去。一想到唯一可以陪他说话解闷的妻子已经死去，就心如刀割。
• He generally lies concealed during the day, but as darkness comes on he prowls about where other animals are accustomed to go for food or drink.
  他白天通常隐于丛林中，但一旦夜晚来临，他就潜行到其他动物习惯去觅食或者饮水的地方。
• He prowls that streets.
  他在那条街道中潜行。
• A carnivorous Eupithecia caterpillar prowls a fern leaf in Oahu, Hawaii, in search of prey.
  在夏威夷的瓦胡岛上，一条肉食性波尺蛾（Eupithecia）毛虫正在一片蕨叶上巡游，寻找猎物。
• One howls on the prairie and one prowls on the hairy.
  一个是在高原上嚎叫，一个是在毛发里游弋。
• The R& B diva prowls the red carpet in her one-shoulder, leopard-print gown, adding dazzle to her sleek updo with chandelier earrings.
  这位蓝调天后身穿单肩豹纹的礼服出现在红毯上，并用大吊坠的耳环来为光滑的发髻增加光彩。