lurker
/lurk/US // lɜrk //UK // (lɜːk) //
潜伏者,流浪者,潜水者,潜水员
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Definitions
v.无主动词 verb
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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.
n.名词 noun
- 1
Australian Informal.
- : an underhand scheme; dodge.
- : an easy, somewhat lazy or unethical way of earning a living, performing a task, etc.
- : a hideout.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Christopher Scott Wilson was no shadow-lurker, say some of his friends and classmates.
One of the sawing claws opened and closed, separating the head of the lurker from its body.
He had recognized the lurker as a former unreliable employe of the Great Northern, discharged at the time of the great strike.
He retired further into the shade, and silently and slowly drew near the lurker, who stirred not from his place.
Sneeze-lurker, a thief who throws snuff in a persons face, and then robs him.
But no matter how he strove to run down the lurker, he lost him every time.
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