prowl
徘徊,徘徊不前,徘徊不定,徘徊不前的人
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Definitions
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- : to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
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- : to rove over or through in search of what may be found: The cat prowled the alleys in search of food.
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- : act of prowling.
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Examples
With hibernation approaching, many are on the prowl for calorie-rich foods that can help them build up fat and energy for a long winter’s snooze.
Cooke describes Joplin as being “always on the prowl and vocal about it.”
Owners prowl around wealthy suburbs announcing themselves as wealthy, carbon-free, early adopters with money to burn.
Is John Galliano on the prowl for redemption against his former employer, LVMH?
Who, when on the prowl at a bar, likes to say, “Oh, I work in the EOB”?
This was a fundraiser for the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif., and they were on the prowl.
We'll be watched every minute of the time that we prowl around those painted rocks; that's a cinch.
These unkempt-looking Father Times and Methuselahs prowl about the staircases of the different ateliers daily.
He caught a down car and got out just as the first prowl car came sirening its way into the side street curb.
These persons prowl about among the farms and villages begging for work in the name of charity.
Natives are not wont to prowl about after dark with no apparent object, especially alone.