英语词汇“lurk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINlurk

Origin:

1200-1300 Probably from Low German or a Scandinavian language

VERB TABLE

lurk

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	lurk
	he, she, it	lurks
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	lurked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have lurked
	he, she, it	has lurked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had lurked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will lurk
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have lurked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am lurking
	he, she, it	is lurking
	you, we, they	are lurking
Past	I, he, she, it	was lurking
	you, we, they	were lurking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been lurking
	he, she, it	has been lurking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been lurking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be lurking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been lurking

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Racism continues to lurk in the heart of American society.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Arthur said, without explaining what he meant: could Godzilla be lurking in there?
But below the mirror images of arts and architecture lurks the threat of extinction - Venice is in Peril.
Few people realised it, but beneath Simon's confident and charming exterior lurked a mass of insecurities.
It was late afternoon, with the darkness already lurking in the comers, when he went in.
She couldn't see his expression but it didn't take a fool to realise that distaste and contempt must lurk there.
Tied around his neck was a solid black scarf that hinted at a beatnik spirit lurking beneath the formality.
We can not, we will not succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere.
Were they truly new or had they been lurking around before?

Longman Language Activatorto hide yourself► hide

to go somewhere where you cannot be easily found or seen: · Dad's coming. Quick - hide!hide under/behind/in etc: · Dale hid behind some garbage cans in the alley until the men passed.· The cat always hides under the bed when we have visitors.hide from: · Why is he hiding from us? Is he afraid?

► go into hiding

to go to a safe place where you can hide for a long time because you are in danger or because the police are looking for you: · He went into hiding soon after the government denounced him.· Police believe the robbers have gone into hiding.

► lie low

to hide from people who are trying to catch you, and to make sure you do not attract any attention until it is safe to come out: · If you don't want to go back to jail, you'd better lie low for a while.· Weaver had been lying low at his sister's apartment for the past week.

► hole up

to hide somewhere and not go out at all, especially because the police are looking for you: · We were all planning to hole up till the trouble blew over.hole up in/on etc something: · The gang holed up in a cheap hotel for a few weeks.be holed up in/on etc something: · The FBI believes that Richards is holed up on an estate in Colombia.

► stow away

to hide in a ship in order to travel to a place without being noticed and without paying: · With no money, his only hope of getting to New York was to stow away on the next ship.· Customs officials discovered several illegal immigrants stowed away at the front of the ship.

► conceal yourself

formal to hide yourself carefully so that you cannot be seen: · When police arrived, Black made no effort to hide or conceal herself.conceal yourself in/beneath/behind etc: · It was easy for the man to conceal himself in the museum before closing time.conceal yourself from: · Many spiders spin special webs to conceal themselves from danger.

► lie in wait

to hide in a place in order to attack or stop someone you know will come there: · The tank commander feared there might be enemy soldiers lying in wait in the hills up ahead.lie in wait for: · Aitkins lay in wait for his victims and shot them as they walked toward their front door.

► lurk/skulk

to wait or move around in a particular area while trying not to be seen, especially because you are going to do something wrong or something you do not want other people to know about: · Who's that skulking over there?lurk/skulk around/about: · Police received reports of a man lurking around the neighborhood.lurk/skulk in/behind/under etc: · I'm sure I saw someone lurking in the bushes just now.· He skulked along the street, looking this way and that to see if anyone was following him.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► about

· It lurks about as a familiar presence.

► around

· He knew Bishop was lurking around somewhere, but the Adjudicator presented no danger he couldn't anticipate.· Were they truly new or had they been lurking around before?· Other hazards lurk around every corner like people jumping from bridges, swimming in dangerous areas, and incompetent boat handlers.· A lethal charge that lurked around the next junction?· I have a bunch of hoods lurking around some corner wanting ten thousand pounds that I have not got.· I could hardly send Tam and Richie back here unsupervised tomorrow, especially not with Mr McCrindle lurking around.· But then, instead of making a hasty retreat, they lurked around the airfield buildings to wait for the explosions.· Pay off as much of the mortgage as possible, plus any outstanding embarrassments lurking around one's Access account; 4.

► in

· However, evidence has shown that there may be a silent long-term killer lurking in almost every room.· All sorts of disaster lurked in otherwise simple-seeming jobs.

► somewhere

· They would lurk somewhere within a system of tunnels; no good: explosions anywhere in the tunnel would reach them.· He knew that the golfer who could make such a shot still lurked somewhere within him.

► still

· Even recent liberalisation has failed to dispel deep-seated suspicions that discrimination still lurks beneath the surface.· He knew that the golfer who could make such a shot still lurked somewhere within him.· But danger still lurks for the Tories.· That's a shame, for within its dissolving form there still lurks a Lancia flame of surprising intensity.

► there

· They understand the dangers that lurk there, the balance between survival and extinction.· He had the distinct feeling that he really did not want to see whatever was lurking there.· I knew that they must be lurking there somewhere.· If any murderer lurked there, they would have to cover the ground and he had brought something special.· This was to rid Glasgow's Arches of rats and mice and any other pests that were lurking there.· He was still there lurking behind her in the corridor, waiting to pounce, hoping to catch her out.· Nevertheless behind the traditional concepts there lurked a marked change.· A faint tinkle of metal told me that Shep was lurking there in his kennel and I slowed my steps.

NOUN► background

· There are many others like him, lurking in the background when they should be centre stage.· But always lurking in the background are Frankie McCarthy and his gang.

► corner

· Other hazards lurk around every corner like people jumping from bridges, swimming in dangerous areas, and incompetent boat handlers.· Bottomless shadows lurk in every corner of this artfully arranged, black-and-white nightmare, hinting at horrors left unseen.· But even more of a reprieve was lurking round the corner.· It reminds us that death and destruction are lurking just around the corner.· Thérèse lurked in the corner, kneeling, hands clasped.· I have a bunch of hoods lurking around some corner wanting ten thousand pounds that I have not got.

► danger

· But everyone can immediately realize what enormous dangers lurk behind the application of such criteria to man.· But danger lurks behind this trend.· She'd feel safer trapped in a cave, with some dark formless danger lurking in the shadows.· She was actually becoming quite blase about the dangers lurking on their travels.· He was monumental in defence, arriving with clattering stealth whenever danger lurked in front of Stefan Klos.· They understand the dangers that lurk there, the balance between survival and extinction.· Many unforeseen dangers may be lurking in the wings.· But danger still lurks for the Tories.

► shadow

· She'd feel safer trapped in a cave, with some dark formless danger lurking in the shadows.· Slaughter and torture declared by judges as the law lurk in the shadows of our history.· And lurking nearby in the shadows are the economic pressures so much discussed nowadays, from job insecurity to declining real wages.· It was not that I expected some one to hurt me or that I thought there were dangerous things lurking in the shadows.· I lurk in shadows and them in me.

► surface

· Even recent liberalisation has failed to dispel deep-seated suspicions that discrimination still lurks beneath the surface.· The water seemed peaceful and inviting and it was hard to believe there might be something lurking beneath its surface.· What hidden tensions lurk beneath the present surface?· The better career for you is lurking beneath the surface just like that wonderful painting, waiting to be discovered.· It lurks just under the surface close to the shore off the South coast of Mull near the feared Torran Rocks.· Even this may still leave some hidden agendas lurking beneath the surface.

VERB► see

· He had the distinct feeling that he really did not want to see whatever was lurking there.· On the nights previous to the murder he had been seen lurking outside party headquarters.· Real racism is bad enough: there's no need to see it lurking everywhere.· She didn't see the figure lurking behind the shrubbery until it had stepped out and was almost on top of her.· Alarmed, she thought she saw a black man lurking just behind her.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► (waiting/lurking) in the wings

He stopped by on his night off, was let in the stage door, and stood in the wings.
None the less, there are always people waiting in the wings to discredit a positive image.
On Concorde, though, the engines are embedded in the wings, next to the fuel tanks.
Platt has had to wait in the wings because he is one of four foreign players fighting for the permitted three places.
The local chapter leaders waiting in the wings seemed upset.
There were no wealthy aunts or uncles waiting in the wings.