| 单词 | prowl |
| 释义 | prowl (praʊl ) Word forms: prowls , prowling , prowled 1. verb If an animal or a person prowls around, they move around quietly, for example when they are hunting. Police officers prowled around the building. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: move stealthily, hunt, patrol, range 2. on the prowl phrase If an animal is on the prowl, it is hunting. If a person is on the prowl, they are hunting for something such as a sexual partner or a business deal. Their fellow travellers are a mix of single girls on the prowl and elderly couples. The new administration are on the prowl for ways to reduce spending. [+ for] Collocations: prowl the street Celebrities roll up here, doing the interview rounds as autograph hunters prowl the street in packs. Times, Sunday Times With access to hundreds of cars through his clamping firm, he was able to prowl the streets, reasonably confident that he could evade detection. Times, Sunday Times He was banned from prowling the streets between 5pm and 5am. The Sun Does your cat like to terrorise the neighbourhood, prowling the streets at night, intimidating weaker rivals and looking for fleeting romantic conquests? Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 悄悄巡行 Japanese: うろつく |
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