lurk
潜伏,潜伏着,潜伏着的,潜水
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Definitions
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- : to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; remain in or around a place secretly or furtively.
- : to go furtively; slink; steal.
- : to exist unperceived or unsuspected.
- : Chiefly Computers. to read or observe an ongoing discussion without participating in it, as on a message board.
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Australian Informal.
- : an underhand scheme; dodge.
- : an easy, somewhat lazy or unethical way of earning a living, performing a task, etc.
- : a hideout.
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Examples
How many times have your stories kept me awake at night wondering, like a child in the dark, what monsters lurk nearby?
Discounting the occasional outbreak among bushmeat hunters, Ebola seems content to lurk.
Finally, and most importantly, F. Murray Abraham will continue to lurk in the shadows, looking mysterious and bald.
Post-war Iraq is unfortunately a fitting example for the reality that might lurk behind one-state visions.
Fascist snipers lurk in the hills, and merely sitting in a café could be fatal.
We got off our horses and stooped over the man, forgetting for the moment that danger might lurk in the surrounding thicket.
Holding the violin aloft, he cried exultingly: Henceforth thou art mine, though death and oblivion lurk ever near thee!
Scouts bring in that a squad of the emir of Emessa's cavalry lurk around the port.
Perhaps he would even have to lurk in the woods, awaiting his opportunity to smuggle his liquor to the men.
In the caves would lurk such coolness as was going; but the lack of water must have been a sore trial in summer.