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prowl 音标拼音: [pr'ɑʊl] n. 潜行,徘徊,悄悄踱步
vi. 潜行以觅食,徘徊
vt. 徘徊,逡巡于 潜行,徘徊,悄悄踱步潜行以觅食,徘徊徘徊,逡巡於 prowl n 1: the act of prowling ( walking about in a stealthy manner) v 1: move about in or as if in a predatory manner; " The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town" 2: loiter about, with no apparent aim [ synonym: { prowl}, { lurch}] Prowl \ Prowl\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Prowled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Prowling}.] [ OE. prollen to search about; of uncertain origin, perh. for proglen, a dim. of prog to beg, or proke to poke. Cf. { Proke}.] 1. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty. [ 1913 Webster] He prowls each place, still in new colors decked. -- Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To collect by plunder; as, to prowl money. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster]
Prowl \ Prowl\, v. i. To rove or wander stealthily, esp. for prey, as a wild beast; hence, to prey; to plunder. [ 1913 Webster]
Prowl \ Prowl\, n. The act of prowling. [ Colloq.] -- Smart. [ 1913 Webster] 92 Moby Thesaurus words for " prowl": bat around, bum, clandestine behavior, clandestinity, couch, count ties, cover, covertness, crawl, creep, cruise, divagate, drift, flit, furtiveness, gad, gad about, gallivant, go about, go on tiptoe, go the rounds, grovel, gumshoe, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, hunting, inch, inch along, jaunt, knock about, knock around, lay wait, lie in wait, lurk, meander, mooch, nightwalk, nomadize, pad, patrol, peregrinate, pererrate, prowling, pussyfoot, ramble, range, range over, roam, rove, run about, saunter, scavenge, scour, scrabble, scramble, searching, seeking, shadow, shiftiness, sidle, skulk, slink, slinkiness, slyness, snake, sneak, sneakiness, stalk, stalking, steal, steal along, stealth, stealthiness, straggle, stray, stroll, surreptitiousness, tippytoe, tiptoe, tracking, traipse, tramp, underground activity, underhand dealing, vagabond, vagabondize, walk the tracks, wander, wayfare, worm, worm along
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