prowling是什么意思？

prowling

• v. 小心翼翼地移动( prowl的现在分词 )，徘徊，（动物）潜行（为捕猎等），潜行（图谋不轨等）；

例句

• A man was seen prowling around outside the factory just before the fire started. 就在起火之前,有人看到一个男子在工厂外踱来踱去.
• They listened nervously for hours for any prowling steps. 他们有好几个小时不安地倾听着是否有悄悄的脚步声.
• Even now the vintners are prowling the prodigal vines. 看,酒商们正在蓊蓊郁郁的葡萄藤下钻来钻去呢.
• A marauding tiger was often seen prowling around the village. 经常看到一只猎食的老虎在村子周围悄悄走动.
• A mongrel dog is prowling aimlessly along the canal bank. 一条笨狗无目的地在运河岸上闲逛.
• ...the prowling, feral guitars underpinned by metronomic drum beats. 在有节奏的鼓声伴奏下悄然而至、狂烈激越的吉他声

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  潜行；悄悄巡行
  If an animal or a person prowls around, they move around quietly, for example when they are hunting.
  例句
  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 is on the prowl, it is hunting. If a person is on the prowl, they are hunting for something such as a sexual partner or a business deal.
  例句
  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。 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。