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单词 prowl
释义 prowl¹ /praʊl/
🄰 vi.
person, animal +悄悄巡行;潜行;搜寻

Tigers prowl through the forest in search of their prey.老虎在森林里潜行以寻找猎物。

🄱 vt.
悄悄巡行于;潜行于;在…搜寻

When Thatcher was gone, Stein prowled the empty house.撒切尔走了后, 斯坦在空房子里悄悄搜寻。

A flotilla of destroyers prowled the estuary.一支驱逐舰小分队在那个河口巡行。

Phrasal Verbsprowl about,prowl around
prowl² /praʊl/ n.
悄悄巡行;潜行;搜寻

If you are looking for ideas, take a prowl.来回走一走吧, 说不定就有想法了。

idiom
on the prowl
animal +在觅食;person +在寻找性伴侣(或生意)

single girls on the prowl在四处寻觅伴侣的单身姑娘

The new administration are on the prowl for ways to reduce spending.新政府正在寻求削减开支的方法。

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