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lurking

US // (ˈlɜːkɪŋ) //

潜伏,潜伏的,潜伏着,潜伏着的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lingering and persistent, though unsuspected or unacknowledgeda lurking suspicion
    • : dimly perceiveda lurking shape half concealed in the shadows

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Examples

  • They work in a world filled with a sense—real or imagined—of danger lurking around each corner and every hallway.

  • There, Jesse once again spotted Wahlberg and his friends lurking.

  • Someone called him a hermit crab lurking in the halls of the United Nations.

  • But when modern-day conservationists surveyed the offshore rocks they discovered something even more ethereal lurking within.

  • I never suspected a jazz singer might be lurking behind the meat suit, or inside the large plexiglass egg.

  • And they drove away the people of Israel into lurking holes, and into the secret places of fugitives.

  • Any lurking danger of too great speculative restlessness disappeared.

  • For a moment he was deceived by her acting; he did not see the lurking grin in the depths of her eyes.

  • The same Providence whispered, that murky night, of the danger and disaster lurking near.

  • From these lurking places the pirate ships would dash out to capture vessels and then hurry back to their haunts.