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prowl

/proul/US // praʊl //UK // (praʊl) //

徘徊,徘徊不前,徘徊不定,徘徊不前的人

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to rove over or through in search of what may be found: The cat prowled the alleys in search of food.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.