prowler

/prou-ler/US // ˈpraʊ lər //

徘徊者,游荡者,浪人,徘徊的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person or animal that prowls.
- : a person who goes stealthily about with some unlawful intention, as to commit a burglary or theft.

nounthief

Synonyms

Zimmerman had called 911 to report the sighting of what he thought was an armed prowler.
The pig-headed prowler I saw, with my pompon missing from his shoe, and his bonne amie wearing the stolen ring.
The moment the brute touched the bait the falling door slid down, imprisoning the prowler.
That night a child was born to Julia, on a pallet of dried grass and prowler skins.
He carried the pups back past the prowler and looked down at it in passing.
The savage cry of a prowler came, like a sound to match, and the attack was on.