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

• "That creature-of all the nerve-" she prowled round the room like an angry leopard.
  “那个人，真是厚颜无耻。”她像一只饿豹绕着这个房间来回地走着。
• 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。
• The tiger prowled through the undergrowth.
  老虎悄然穿过矮树丛。
• He came again last night and prowled around.
  他昨晚又来了，在附近巡视。
• 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。
• The cat prowled around the cellar looking for mice.
  那只猫在地窖里徘徊着，伺机捕鼠。
• 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。
• Policemen prowled around the building.
  警察在大楼四周暗中巡查。
• Wolves prowled the forest in search of prey.
  狼在森林里潜行觅食。
• 'Some of it tends to be expressive, even elegant,'he said, shuffling through an online catalog of signs that were submitted by the volunteers who prowled Shanghai with digital cameras.
  “一些（中式英语）很形象，甚至很优美，”他一边说，一边在翻看志愿者提交的一些标识。志愿者在上海各地搜寻这些标志，用数码相机拍下来，然后上传到网上。