no obj., with adverbial of place
1- (of a person or animal) be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something潜伏, 埋伏：
a ruthless killer still lurked in the darkness.
一个残忍的杀手仍潜伏在黑暗中。
1.1
- (of an unpleasant quality) be present in a latent or barely discernible state, although still presenting a threat（令人不快的事物）暗藏, 潜在：
fear lurks beneath the surface
外表下面隐藏着畏惧
as adj. lurking he lives with a lurking fear of exposure as a fraud.他时时暗自担心会被发现是个骗子。
1.2
- no obj. read communications on an electronic network without making one's presence known偷看网络通信。
- Austral. informal a profitable stratagem; a dodge or scheme〈澳, 非正式〉有利可图的窍门; 诡计, 阴谋：
you'll soon learn the lurks and perks.
你很快就会懂得这些诀窍和随之而来的好处。
ORIGIN: from British English slang lurk 'method of fraud'.
派生词
lurker
noun词源
Middle English: perhaps from LOUR + the frequentative suffix -k （as in talk）.