prowl

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 proul

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of prowling. colloquial
    — I'm going on a midnight prowl.
动词 v.
  1. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to search in, as for prey or booty. ambitransitive
    — Watch the lioness prowling in the shrubbery for zebras.
    The New Arcadia
  2. To idle; to go about aimlessly. intransitive
    — That dandy has nothing better to do than prowl around town all day in his pinstripe suit.
  3. To collect by plunder. obsolete,transitive
    — to prowl money

词形变化

prowls present,singular,third-person prowling participle,present prowled participle,past prowled past prowls plural

词汇关系

衍生词
aprowl on the prowl prowl car prowler prowlingly

词源

词源 1
From Middle English prollen, of unknown origin.
词源 2
From Middle English prollen, of unknown origin.
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