lurk
verb/lɜːk/
/lɜːrk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they lurk | /lɜːk/ /lɜːrk/ |
| he / she / it lurks | /lɜːks/ /lɜːrks/ |
| past simple lurked | /lɜːkt/ /lɜːrkt/ |
| past participle lurked | /lɜːkt/ /lɜːrkt/ |
| -ing form lurking | /ˈlɜːkɪŋ/ /ˈlɜːrkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to wait somewhere secretly, especially because you are going to do something bad or illegal
（尤指为做不正当的事而）埋伏，潜伏 - Why are you lurking around outside my house?
你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？ - A crocodile was lurking just below the surface.
有条鳄鱼就潜伏在水面下。
Extra Examples- I felt sure that someone was lurking among the trees.
我确信有人潜伏在树林里。 - I saw a man lurking in the shadows.
我看到一个人潜伏在阴影中。
- Why are you lurking around outside my house?
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) when something unpleasant or dangerous lurks, it is present but not in an obvious way
（不好或危险的事）潜在，隐藏着 - At night, danger lurks in these streets.
夜晚这些街上隐藏着危险。
Extra ExamplesTopics Dangerc2- the darker emotions that lurk beneath the surface
潜伏在表面之下的更黑暗的情绪 - the fears still lurking in our minds
恐惧仍然潜伏在我们的脑海中
- At night, danger lurks in these streets.
- [intransitive] (computing) to read a discussion in a chat room, etc. on the internet, without taking part in it yourself
“潜水”，隐身（在网上聊天室等阅读别人的讨论但不参与其中）
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from lour + the frequentative suffix -k (as in talk).