音标:[praul] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 潜行, 徘徊, 悄悄踱步
vi. 潜行以觅食, 徘徊
vt. 徘徊
n. the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner)
v. move about in or as if in a predatory manner
v. loiter about, with no apparent aim
词型变化:现在分词 : prowling ; 过去式 : prowled ; 第三人称单数 : prowls ; 名词复数形式 : prowls ; 过去分词 : prowled
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
动词79%
名词21%

prowl的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. Many wild animals prowl at night.许多野生动物在夜间觅食。
  2. He saw a hungry wolf on the prowl with his telescope.他通过望远镜看到了一头四处觅食的饿狼。
  3. I saw someone prowling around among the trees.我见有人在树林里鬼鬼祟祟地走动。
  4. Robbers always prowl in this area, so you'd better not walk alone.这里经常有寇盗出没,你们最好不要单独行动。
用作名词(n.)
  1. They've even been known to stalk birds like a lion on the prowl.它们也可以像潜行的狮子一样跟踪鸟类。
  2. There is a fox on the prowl near the henhouse.有只狐狸在鸡舍附近徘徊。
  3. Our cats go on the prowl at night, and then they sleep here all day.我们家的貓晚上悄悄出去觅食,白天就在这里睡大觉。

词汇搭配

  • prowl car巡逻车
  • on the prowl徘徊

经典引文

  • A boy was prowling with a sling, prowling like a cat.

    出自:D. H. Lawrence
  • Any wild animal that might be prowling around.

    出自:E. Blyton
  • Paul prowled restlessly about the..room.

    出自:G. Vidal
【近义词】

男女开始约会前,他们一般会选择去哪些场所,目的毫无疑问啦,就是找合适的约会对象.....听听他们怎么说 Harp: So today were doing a Chatterbox episode, and thats where we chat. We talk about different topics. S

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(295) / 评论(0) 分类 话匣子英语

Rightfootrightand Leftfootleft Rightbackrightback Leftbackleft Rightkneerightknee Leftkneeleft Rightkickleftkick Clapandturn Wegoontheprowleachnight Likeanalleycat Lookinforsomenewdelight Likeanalleycat Chorus Letskicknow Meow Letsturnnow Meow Letscl

发表于:2018-12-31 / 阅读(364) / 评论(0) 分类 美国 Kidsongs 英语儿童歌曲

Disneyland; government property seizures and auctions; state; on the prowl; pronouncing the vowel i and the vowel combinations ee and ea; time after time Words: theme park ride fantasy frontier to seize property tied to to make way for auction bid su

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(292) / 评论(0) 分类 美语听力 English Cafe

You Snooze or You Lose 几乎每个人在忙碌了一天之后,都要香香地睡上一觉。当然也有活了一辈子不 睡觉的人,但那是极个别的。人要睡觉是一种生理反应,是大脑神经活动的一部分, 是大脑皮质

发表于:2019-03-09 / 阅读(470) / 评论(0) 分类 英语听力文摘 English Digest
学英语单词
-to-be
aconitum kusnezoffii reich.
additive puzzle
AMLB
amylo fermentation process
Anicetus, Saint
Arnaud R.
bathishig
be run off one's legs
bleeding of paint
camoys
catayzer
Chagodoshchenskiy Rayon
Cinderella State
combination chemical treater
commems
compression line(compression curve)
Cotoneaster apiculatus
crystallographic property
current amplification factor
digital-to-angle converter
do things without calculation
doleschallia bisaltide philippensis
dueled
embryoferous
employment multiplier
epidemic encephalitis
F-N
fixed solution
foreign source stock option profits
formal languages
free rates
fukunaga
gemish
Glommen
guilt culture
gypsy-moth
Hlukhiv
Ina Bauers
industrial pharmaceutics
infraepisternum
instructorish
integrated emission
juris et de jure
kaffir cat
Leach Nunatak
leaellynasaura
light pink
lime-and-cement mortar
Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang
made up for
mainpernor
manifold gauge
master control operator
metcraft
MILSTRIP
misos
multi-unit newspaper rotary press
nose spar
oscillating deck
pacifist
platelet antibody
Pokaka
postarteriolar
pumping cavity
pyrophorus
reception gage
replacement antiperthite
roof dormer
running disparity
Salix daltoniana
Schima brevipedicellata
Scolopia henryi
scrin
sending dotter signal
servlet
shifter collar
skip group connection
sodium silicate bond
software-driven
spheroidal harmonic function
stained
stockbroking business
substitute material
substoichiometric compound
sugar juice liming
supercatalyst
Taeniatherum
tangential cutter head
the salary
thimphu (thimbu)
tilted rootline taper
to catch
tumbler echo box
valid-exclusive reference
vibration-absorbing mount
visualisers
webcamming
welbourne
whhi-hhee
woodwax
xib