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stalk obj FOLLOWHstC:k, $stB:kv [T]to follow (an animal or person) as closely as possible without being seen or heard悄悄地追踪He spent the weekend stalking deer in the Scottish highlands.他周末在苏格兰高地追踪鹿的行踪。The detective followed the suspect wherever he went, like a wild animal stalking its prey.无论嫌疑犯到哪儿，侦探都跟着，就像野兽在追踪它的猎物。The police had been stalking the woman for three weeks before they arrested her.警方在拘捕这女子前已追踪了她三星期。(literary) If something unpleasant stalks a place, it appears there in a threatening way.蔓延When night falls, danger stalks the streets of the city.夜幕降临时，危险在城市的街道中蔓延。Famine and disease began to stalk the region after the flood.洪水后饥荒和疾病开始在这地区蔓延。If a group of politicians use someone as a stalking horse, they make that person compete for a position in order to divide the opposition or to take attention away from another person who is competing, although that person has no chance of winning.掩护性候选人He was used as a stalking horse in the election to steal votes from the opposition candidate.他在选举被中当作掩护性候选人来分散对方候选人的得票。
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