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

stalk¹

noun stɔːkstɔk

1The main stem of a herbaceous plant.
he chewed a stalk of grass
Example sentencesExamples
- To produce a new plant, each tuber must have an eye (the new growth bud) which appears at the point where the tuber connects to the main stalk.
- These inconspicuous larvae cling to the stalk of the plant and can easily go unnoticed.
- Stir in the borlotti beans and parsley stalks, then add the tomatoes, garlic and stock and bring to the boil.
- Cavities form at the base of the stalk on severely diseased plants.
- Taking Maggie with her, the two made their way to Adam's home, only to find him kneeling in his vegetable bed, inspecting the base of one of his tomato plant stalks.
- The main stalk and side shoots are ready for harvest once the flower buds start to form.
- Best control can be obtained when the bugs are above ground on the plant stalks when temperatures are cool or after rain.
- Feeding also may continue after emergence as wireworms tunnel into the lower stalk of corn plants.
- This gray lump, made from the ashes of stalks of certain plants, contains the alkaline substance that invariably accompanies coca-chewing.
- Firmly plant the stalks into sand or vermiculite with most of the leaf blades exposed.
- Linen is from flax, a bast fiber taken from the stalk of the plant.
- Early plants had mainly green stalks, and it was those with a red tinge which were selected to produce the modern red varieties.
- The seeds and stalks of this useful plant must be imported.
- Purple loosestrife can grow to 3-9 feet tall with several, square stalks per plant.
- A few weeks later the stalks were head high, and there, where the branches met the main stalk, were little pools of water; perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
- As seeds ripened during the course of the experiment, the inflorescences were harvested by clipping the main stalk of each flowering culm just below the lowermost panicle branch.
- To prepare parsley for chopping, pull leaves from the main stalk.
- Ally chewed a grass stalk and listened to the bumblebees.
- Then she plants the stalk in warm, moist soil, where it grows into a full plant.
- These fluid-sucking larvae stunted the growth of the plants and damaged the stalks.
Synonyms
stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed
1. 1.1 The slender attachment or support of a leaf, flower, or fruit.
  the acorns grow on stalks
  Example sentencesExamples
  In early summer, foot-long flower stalks poke above the mounds of leaves.
  After flowering, the stalks curl into a coil, drawing the seed capsule down on top of the tuber.
  So if you've still got some of the sunny flowers nodding on their stalks in your garden, borrow some of their petals.
  After blooms fade, cut flower stalks close to the ground, leaving healthy green leaves in place to nourish next year's growth.
  A couple of weeks before the dramatic colours of autumn begin to appear, a layer of cells starts to grow where the leaf stalk joins the branch.
  Long, leggy flower stalks indicate insufficient light.
  Exacerbated by warm, humid weather, red blotch infects leaves, flower stalks, blooms and bulb scales.
  Cut off dead stalks and leaves from perennials, then top-dress the beds with 2 to 3 inches of compost and a sprinkling of fertilizer.
  Emphasis should be on good soil drainage because free water on the surface may cause decay at the crown or at the bases of the leaf stalks.
  Its heart-shaped leaves float on the water surface and five-petaled white flowers rise on little stalks above the leaves.
  It looks somewhat like a firework the way the slim branches shoot up and out, topped by the yellow flowers on umbrella-like stalks which carry the delicious name of umbels.
  These buds are themselves developing beside the leaf stalk on the shoots as they grow in spring.
  The number of florets on the flower stalk depends on the size of the bulb.
  The spinach should have thick leaves with the biggest stalks removed - tedious, I know, but worth it.
  They attack young leaves, flower stalks and buds.
  When the winter has been mild like this year, the flower stalk will elongate in early March.
  In order to get a good grip on the shoot, the leaves were bent upwards and the leaf stalks gripped.
  Fruit stalks grow on the canes, not on branches.
  Dig and gather a few rhizomes; remove the leaf stalks and the fibrous roots.
  According to legend the shamrock, with its three leaves on the single stalk, was used by St. Patrick to explain the mystery of the Christian Trinity to the pagan Irish.
  Synonyms
  stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed
2. 1.2 A stalklike support for a sessile animal, or for an organ in an animal.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Without warning the stalks supporting the crab's beady black eyes shoot straight up at me.
  Eyestalk length was divided into short to medium stalks or long stalks.
  The dura also forms a diaphragm above the pituitary gland, through which passes the pituitary stalk, joining the gland to the hypothalamus.
  Sclerites are mounted on short stalks of the integument, connected to the undersurface of the central disc, and are external to the body surface.
  Closer examination revealed a pair of compound eyes mounted on movable stalks, protruding from a burrow and rotating independently, like the periscopes of a submarine.
  Because R. kirbyi also possesses the longest stalk in the fauna, it is likely that the crown of adult specimens was elevated above those of all other crinoids.
  Their eyes are situated on the top of the head, sometimes on stalks, and their nostrils are tubular.
  The tip of the optic stalk is a considerable distance from the surface ectoderm.
  Later eocrinoids evolved a long stalk with columnals, like crinoids and blastoids.
  To avoid being knocked off and carried out to open water, the anemone secrets a very strong adhesive substance at the foot of its stalk that allows it to stay put in the most turbulent situations.
  The hypoblast gives rise to extra-embryonic structures such as the stalk of the yolk sac, whereas the embryo proper is formed from the remaining blastoderm cells, known as the epiblast.
  This ambulatory session is done by a preliminary biopsy of the gland stalk and with minimum invasive laparoscopic instrumentation.
  A fiddler crab's eyes are mounted on stalks that point straight up, and they command a panoramic, 360-degree view.
  Disarticulation is highly variable among echinoderms; stalks are most commonly observed as disarticulated columnals or segments.
  Pedunculate barnacles, with fleshy stalks, suffer from reduced preservational potential.
  Finally, the retina and retinal pigment epithelium differentiate from the optic cup, and the optic nerve develops from the optic stalk.
  From these same lobsters, we had initially removed the eyestalks and then quickly dissected the sinus glands from both eye - stalks.
  This fossil has been reconstructed with a hypothetical stalk anchored in the substrate, as if supporting a frondose body in a reclined position.
  Some deep-sea crinoids have a third body portion, the stalk.
  However, C. sanwuia, with both a calyx and a stalk, differs from phoronids in mode of life and body architecture.
3. 1.3 A slender support or stem of an object.
  drinking glasses with long stalks
  Example sentencesExamples
  First, we deal with the case of elastic legs that are connected to the stalk through a free joint.
  This mobile object seemed to have a fragile stalk.
  You cannot assume airs and graces when you are stuck behind a stripped pine desk, with a wee stalk of a microphone in front of you and the media hanging over the banisters waiting to detect the first signs of pomposity and expose it to ridicule.
4. 1.4 (in a vehicle) a lever on the steering column controlling the indicators, lights, etc.
  the control stalk on the car's fascia
  Example sentencesExamples
  The stalk control used to operate the radio also seems less effective then Renault's version.
  All the major controls are to hand, although the fiddly wiper stalk on the left and the indicators on the right caused me to make turns with the wipers going full blast on more than one occasion.
  However, one problem encountered during the test drives was the closeness of the indicator stalk with that controlling the cruise control system.
  Note that the indicator and wiper stalks have a new action that takes time to get used to.
  The other controls are familiar to all BMW users, but it was a little too easy to catch the stalk for cruise control when trying to operate the turn indicators.
  In fact, the car feels solid from tip to toe, from the thick doors to the low-slung seats and including the nicely cushioned stalks on the steering column.
  There are steering column stalks to control the audio and cruise control and expect to find plenty of cubby holes and storage bins.
  The only really hidden item was the stalk with the cruise control, but since I personally dislike cruise control, this was no great loss from my point of view.
  The stalks controlling lights and windscreen wipers are to European standards, with lights to the left and wipers to the right.
  For the driver, the instruments are easy to read and use, although the door mirror control is hidden by a steering wheel stalk, and a bit of fumbling is needed to use it.
  Both indicator and wiper stalks return to the centre point after each prod, making it harder to divine instantly what they have just done or where they are set.
  My only grumble was with the soft-touch indicator stalk.
  As usual with Saab, the design of the instruments and controls is almost perfect although the cruise control stalk is partly hidden from view.
  The first time I indicated, I nearly put the car on cruise control, which is what the visible stalk to the left of the wheel actually does.
  The cruise controls mounted on the indicator stalk are hidden by the steering wheel.
  So from the driver's seat, and looking straight ahead, there are no instruments other than those attached to the steering wheel, such as indicator and lighting stalks.
  Sadly the cars come with plastic indicator stalks as standard but once these had been replaced with the stainless steel variety the interior is perfect.
  The only annoyance is that the wiper and light control stalks remain on the Japanese sides of the steering wheel.
  These are irritations, but the fact that the lights and wiper stalks have not been swapped to suit European drivers is a real nuisance.
  Old British cars used to have an indicator stalk similarly disposed, and it feels entirely natural in such machines.

Derivatives

stalkless

adjective

The stalked forms inhabit the deep oceans, while stalkless forms are commonly found in shallower depths (including the shallows of coral reefs).
Example sentencesExamples
- Some sea cucumbers are able to float or swim, and a few stalkless crinoids are also capable of swimming for short periods.

stalk-like

adjective

Very slowly, Ranmotanii stretched out both arms, showing his stalk-like hands to the chief.
Example sentencesExamples
- These are the male part of the flower consisting of pollen-bearing anthers at the end of stalk-like filaments.
- The fleshy, stalk-like pectoral and pelvic fins and similar fleshy second dorsal and anal fins are also unlike any other marine fishes.
- At its end, the tip had a kind of stalk-like thumb, with four longer, softer finger-stalks branching out along its base.
- Small clusters of stalk-like asparagus spears protrude from the top of long ridges of slightly raised earth.

stalky

adjectivestalkiest, stalkier ˈstɔːkiˈstɔki

In its wild form, asparagus was a thin, stalky weed, but over the centuries growers have thickened it up and developed a succulent flavour.
Example sentencesExamples
- A butterfly with wings spread dominates the foreground of Papilio oregonius, so that the swallow-tail's markings are clearly displayed, while stalky reeds part to frame the insect against distant sea and sky.
- This taste is often described as stalky, but if you ever, for whatever reason, happen to gnaw a mahogany sideboard you will recognise the taste.
- And, once winter arrives, the stalky seed heads peek through the drifts of snow.
- The stalky marshland plants huddle in dense bunches on uncultivated areas bordering South Florida's sugar farms.

Origin

Middle English: probably a diminutive of dialect stale 'rung of a ladder, long handle'.

steal from Old English:
Steal has two basic but connected senses: ‘take dishonestly’ and ‘go secretly’. If someone steals your thunder they win attention for themselves by pre-empting your attempt to impress. The source of this expression is surprisingly literal. The English dramatist John Dennis (1657–1734) invented a new method of simulating the sound of thunder as a theatrical sound effect and used it in his unsuccessful play Appius and Virginia. Shortly after he heard the same thunder effects used at a performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Dennis was understandably furious. ‘Damn them!’, he fumed, ‘they will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder!’ Stealth (Middle English) is closely connected and originally meant ‘theft’, and the phrase by stealth meant ‘by theft’ in late medieval English. The modern meaning of stealth evolved by homing in on all the furtiveness and secrecy associated with stealing. Stalk [LOE] as in ‘to stalk game’ is another relative, originally meaning ‘walk cautiously or stealthily’. The stalk of a plant (Middle English) is unconnected and may be a form of dialect stale ‘rung of a ladder, long handle’.

Rhymes

auk, baulk, Bork, caulk (US calk), chalk, cork, Dundalk, Falk, fork, gawk, hawk, Hawke, nork, orc, outwalk, pork, squawk, stork, talk, torc, torque, walk, york

stalk²

verb stɔːkstɔk

1with object Pursue or approach stealthily.
a cat stalking a bird
Example sentencesExamples
- A few large panels portray ancient hunts, with a figure stalking herds of deer.
- Torrine suddenly had the feeling of a deer being stalked by a hunter.
- This time, however, the birds were starting to stir and make noise, and a neighbourhood cat was stalking one in the grass that was already making a grab for a worm or two.
- He seemed to follow her like an owl stalking its prey, waiting for the right moment to strike.
- They envision hunters coming here to stalk elk, loggers to fell selected trees.
- His boots padding against the floor were muffled because of the thick carpet, and he doubted he was making anymore noise than a cat stalking a mouse.
- The elusive, spotted-coat cats secretly stalk their prey until just the right moment.
- In addition to breeding calves and colts, Glenn earns a living taking clients out for guided hunts and stalking the occasional problem cat for local ranchers.
- The man approached her like a cheetah stalking its prey.
- He felt a glow of admiration for Whitepaws; she was now stalking the beast at a safe distance as it approached him.
- Besides, there is so much to do that such luxuries as spending hours and hours stalking cats in pursuit of the perfect shot are simply not possible.
- Finding the evolutionary origin of hominids is a little like stalking big game.
- Not knowing what to expect, they circled around, like cats stalking invisible birds.
- Their spears were held at the ready, and they took short, cautious steps, like hunters stalking big game.
- White Fang does not make an uproar, but rather follows quietly, stalking the stranger.
- A cat scales a glass sharp wall and drops beside its shadow under an apple tree, stalking anxious sparrows with the first sun.
- She stealthily approached like a leopard stalking an impala.
- They are legitimate game and can be hunted from stands or stalked on foot.
- For the first time my dreams changed, I was stalking an antelope in the dry grass, approaching nearer and nearer until I killed it with my sword.
- Most of the estates include salmon and trout fishing rights, grouse moors and deer stalking grounds as well as rambling lodges and outbuildings.
Synonyms
creep up on, trail, follow, shadow, track down, go after, be after, dog, hound, course, hunt, pursue, chase, give chase to, run after
informal tail
1. 1.1 Harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention.
  for five years she was stalked by a man who would taunt and threaten her
  Example sentencesExamples
  Why haven't they been, you know, stalking the neighbors, basically, to get information?
  A number of obsessed fans have stalked her in the UK and made threats against her.
  Trinity was hoping that Missy wasn't obsessed with Dustin and stalked him all the time.
  Joe tries to shake him off, but Jed stalks him relentlessly, becoming ever more insistent.
  And he called for anyone who believes they may have been stalked or followed in the Sharrow area, which is popular among students, to get in touch.
  A jilted lover who had been stalking his former girlfriend after she ended their relationship murdered her before turning the gun on himself.
  An obsessed psychologist stalked her ex-lover and his new girlfriend before a Hallowe'en night confrontation ended in murder, a court has been told.
  He's become obsessed to the point of stalking me.
  In the meantime I caution you that any further attempts at stalking my client via the interweb will result in the appropriate authorities being notified.
  He began associating with gangs, using drugs and verbally harassing and stalking young women.
  Hurt and deeply jealous, she stalked him for 18 months causing misery and harassment to the pair.
  People stalk celebrities - and this is just my opinion.
  Oh, and then there was that feeling of being followed, and watched, just stalked every place I went.
  I chose someone who doesn't know me very well to tell her about me, and she made up a complete story about our meeting in a hot-air balloon and how I stalk people on Franklin Rd.
  People are terrified of molesters, school shootings, and people stalking women and children.
  One resident of the town claims to have seen him in these parts before, stalking people - but him swears he's never been there before.
  Instead of presenting the audience with an intriguing mystery of who is stalking this family and why, it becomes a boring repetition of what psychotic thing this man is going to do next.
  He becomes obsessive over his young student, stalking her and falsifying results.
  In Glasgow, appearing twice nightly with Stanley Baxter, she became the target of an obsessed fan who stalked her, writing endless letters.
  Although the case was settled out of court, her father became obsessive, stalking her and paying a private detective to follow her.
2. 1.2literary Move silently or threateningly through (a place)
  the tiger stalks the jungle
  figurative fear stalked the camp
  Example sentencesExamples
  I watched the slate-feathered bird stalking a shallow eddy for maybe fifteen minutes before she flew upstream.
  But, as former judge Lord Scarman said a quarter of a century ago, it is when fear is stalking the land that bills of rights are needed most.
  Perhaps Euclid's ghost is stalking the English countryside by night, leaving its distinctive mark wherever it happens to alight.
  Despite the conditions, they're as alert as ever, for stalking these hills are Patagonia pumas, cats that can pull down guanacos twice their weight.
  When talking to many poor peasant informers, she noticed that ‘hunger and want were stalking the land’.
  Before dropping off underneath a wispy mosquito net, my last thought is: who knows what creatures stalk this place?
  My naivete was shaken some years ago, much before the fear and insecurity that stalks our streets today.
  The house was higgledy piggledy - in fact they even had a pot-bellied pig - and an unsettlingly large turkey stalked the place.
  October is an excellent month to stalk the shorelines of small lakes and ponds for aggressive bass.
  Country life is seriously threatened… deprivation is now stalking the countryside…
  A mysterious creature described as a cross between a kangaroo, a leopard, a monkey and a cat is stalking Salisbury.
  The mystery of whether big cats are stalking Pembrokeshire is no closer to being solved, after laboratory analysis of faeces failed to prove their existence.
  A third of the population is illiterate, and 600,000 people are stalked by malnutrition.
  They stalk the darkness between the trees, hunting for the living.
  Outside, coots and herons stalk the downtown canals.
  Over the next few days, the tiger stalked the area, leaving footprints in the surrounds.
  While police attempt to calm fears that a serial attacker is stalking the borough, many residents remain concerned about their safety.
  But then someone's got to care in a world where Dr Death makes housecalls and fear stalks the land.
  We have just passed through the witching hour that is Hallowe'en, relic of a medieval past when ghosts and spirits were thought to stalk the land on All Hallow's Eve.
  According to legend, Conan Doyle was intrigued by the tale of a mythical black hound that stalked the moors at night.
2no object, with adverbial of direction Stride somewhere in a proud, stiff, or angry manner.
without another word she turned and stalked out
Example sentencesExamples
- At that moment my father stalked impatiently through the door, muttering.
- Donnan stalked in like an angry feline and told her that Tranthor had been waiting outside his rooms to see Valaria.
- He stalked towards her, his strides suddenly a bit too fast and too long to be considered sober.
- Instantly sorry at what I had done, I stalked off, now angry with myself.
- Marshall stalked impatiently up to her and got to about three inches from her face.
- Angry, she stalked to the couple until she was directly behind Andrew.
- One of them gives this part angry, part horrified squeak, and then they stalk off as well as they can in the knee-deep snow.
- Luca growled, still impatiently stalking up and down the hall.
- Before he could recover, I swept past him and stalked up the steps into the lecture hall.
- He turned on his heel and stalked away, leaving the two angry women to follow.
- When the door suddenly opened, the Laird MacCallum looked awfully angry as he stalked quickly out down the hall.
- Arzenes didn't say a word, but angrily picked up the remnants of the machine and stalked off, fuming.
- Sending them one final glare to properly drive home her point, Alicia spun on her heel and stalked off, still fuming and close to tears.
- Kail spun around and stalked toward the doors of the ballroom, angry and hurting.
- She stalks to the chair and sits down, back ramrod stiff.
- And with that Darcy waved and stalked off, clearly trying to keep her stride even and calm.
- She stomped her foot and stalked off in the same manner.
- Newly angry over the death of my beloved hamster, I stalk over to the stairs, with Zillah still in my arms.
- She turned and stalked back toward the door, feeling immensely proud of herself for having the willpower to walk away.
- Prince Asgard stalked to Baron's chambers, angry and impatient.
Synonyms
strut, stride, march, flounce, storm, stomp, sweep, swagger, prance

noun stɔːkstɔk

1A stealthy pursuit of someone or something.
this time the stalk would be on foot
Example sentencesExamples
- We parked the truck and started a stalk of the goats up shale and alpine forbs slopes.
- This technique, called "glassing" allows the hunter to spot the game from some distance away, then plan out a ambush or stalk.
2A stiff, striding gait.
Example sentencesExamples
- Mona let out this little noise of irritation and followed, her walk more of a stalk than a stride.
- Use full camouflage (including hands and face) to break the ‘human’ outline on stand or during a stalk.
- He usually sauntered everywhere; now his stride could only be described as a stalk.
- Em's stride was just a few shades below a stalk, so the dribble of people still leaving the school gave way to the irritated girl.

Origin

Late Old English -stealcian (in bistealcian 'walk cautiously or stealthily'), of Germanic origin; related to steal.

stalk¹

nounstôkstɔk

1The main stem of a herbaceous plant.
he chewed a stalk of grass
Example sentencesExamples
- The main stalk and side shoots are ready for harvest once the flower buds start to form.
- These inconspicuous larvae cling to the stalk of the plant and can easily go unnoticed.
- Stir in the borlotti beans and parsley stalks, then add the tomatoes, garlic and stock and bring to the boil.
- Feeding also may continue after emergence as wireworms tunnel into the lower stalk of corn plants.
- Best control can be obtained when the bugs are above ground on the plant stalks when temperatures are cool or after rain.
- Purple loosestrife can grow to 3-9 feet tall with several, square stalks per plant.
- Ally chewed a grass stalk and listened to the bumblebees.
- As seeds ripened during the course of the experiment, the inflorescences were harvested by clipping the main stalk of each flowering culm just below the lowermost panicle branch.
- Cavities form at the base of the stalk on severely diseased plants.
- Taking Maggie with her, the two made their way to Adam's home, only to find him kneeling in his vegetable bed, inspecting the base of one of his tomato plant stalks.
- Early plants had mainly green stalks, and it was those with a red tinge which were selected to produce the modern red varieties.
- To produce a new plant, each tuber must have an eye (the new growth bud) which appears at the point where the tuber connects to the main stalk.
- These fluid-sucking larvae stunted the growth of the plants and damaged the stalks.
- The seeds and stalks of this useful plant must be imported.
- Firmly plant the stalks into sand or vermiculite with most of the leaf blades exposed.
- A few weeks later the stalks were head high, and there, where the branches met the main stalk, were little pools of water; perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
- This gray lump, made from the ashes of stalks of certain plants, contains the alkaline substance that invariably accompanies coca-chewing.
- To prepare parsley for chopping, pull leaves from the main stalk.
- Linen is from flax, a bast fiber taken from the stalk of the plant.
- Then she plants the stalk in warm, moist soil, where it grows into a full plant.
Synonyms
stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed
1. 1.1 The slender attachment or support of a leaf, flower, or fruit.
  the acorns grow on stalks
  Example sentencesExamples
  According to legend the shamrock, with its three leaves on the single stalk, was used by St. Patrick to explain the mystery of the Christian Trinity to the pagan Irish.
  The spinach should have thick leaves with the biggest stalks removed - tedious, I know, but worth it.
  Dig and gather a few rhizomes; remove the leaf stalks and the fibrous roots.
  Fruit stalks grow on the canes, not on branches.
  These buds are themselves developing beside the leaf stalk on the shoots as they grow in spring.
  They attack young leaves, flower stalks and buds.
  The number of florets on the flower stalk depends on the size of the bulb.
  Exacerbated by warm, humid weather, red blotch infects leaves, flower stalks, blooms and bulb scales.
  It looks somewhat like a firework the way the slim branches shoot up and out, topped by the yellow flowers on umbrella-like stalks which carry the delicious name of umbels.
  A couple of weeks before the dramatic colours of autumn begin to appear, a layer of cells starts to grow where the leaf stalk joins the branch.
  Cut off dead stalks and leaves from perennials, then top-dress the beds with 2 to 3 inches of compost and a sprinkling of fertilizer.
  In order to get a good grip on the shoot, the leaves were bent upwards and the leaf stalks gripped.
  Emphasis should be on good soil drainage because free water on the surface may cause decay at the crown or at the bases of the leaf stalks.
  After flowering, the stalks curl into a coil, drawing the seed capsule down on top of the tuber.
  After blooms fade, cut flower stalks close to the ground, leaving healthy green leaves in place to nourish next year's growth.
  In early summer, foot-long flower stalks poke above the mounds of leaves.
  So if you've still got some of the sunny flowers nodding on their stalks in your garden, borrow some of their petals.
  Its heart-shaped leaves float on the water surface and five-petaled white flowers rise on little stalks above the leaves.
  When the winter has been mild like this year, the flower stalk will elongate in early March.
  Long, leggy flower stalks indicate insufficient light.
  Synonyms
  stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed
2. 1.2 A stalklike support for a sessile animal, or for an organ in an animal.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Without warning the stalks supporting the crab's beady black eyes shoot straight up at me.
  Sclerites are mounted on short stalks of the integument, connected to the undersurface of the central disc, and are external to the body surface.
  From these same lobsters, we had initially removed the eyestalks and then quickly dissected the sinus glands from both eye - stalks.
  Because R. kirbyi also possesses the longest stalk in the fauna, it is likely that the crown of adult specimens was elevated above those of all other crinoids.
  Some deep-sea crinoids have a third body portion, the stalk.
  This ambulatory session is done by a preliminary biopsy of the gland stalk and with minimum invasive laparoscopic instrumentation.
  The hypoblast gives rise to extra-embryonic structures such as the stalk of the yolk sac, whereas the embryo proper is formed from the remaining blastoderm cells, known as the epiblast.
  Disarticulation is highly variable among echinoderms; stalks are most commonly observed as disarticulated columnals or segments.
  Finally, the retina and retinal pigment epithelium differentiate from the optic cup, and the optic nerve develops from the optic stalk.
  The tip of the optic stalk is a considerable distance from the surface ectoderm.
  Later eocrinoids evolved a long stalk with columnals, like crinoids and blastoids.
  Eyestalk length was divided into short to medium stalks or long stalks.
  However, C. sanwuia, with both a calyx and a stalk, differs from phoronids in mode of life and body architecture.
  Pedunculate barnacles, with fleshy stalks, suffer from reduced preservational potential.
  The dura also forms a diaphragm above the pituitary gland, through which passes the pituitary stalk, joining the gland to the hypothalamus.
  Closer examination revealed a pair of compound eyes mounted on movable stalks, protruding from a burrow and rotating independently, like the periscopes of a submarine.
  This fossil has been reconstructed with a hypothetical stalk anchored in the substrate, as if supporting a frondose body in a reclined position.
  Their eyes are situated on the top of the head, sometimes on stalks, and their nostrils are tubular.
  A fiddler crab's eyes are mounted on stalks that point straight up, and they command a panoramic, 360-degree view.
  To avoid being knocked off and carried out to open water, the anemone secrets a very strong adhesive substance at the foot of its stalk that allows it to stay put in the most turbulent situations.
3. 1.3 A slender support or stem of an object.
  drinking glasses with long stalks
  Example sentencesExamples
  This mobile object seemed to have a fragile stalk.
  First, we deal with the case of elastic legs that are connected to the stalk through a free joint.
  You cannot assume airs and graces when you are stuck behind a stripped pine desk, with a wee stalk of a microphone in front of you and the media hanging over the banisters waiting to detect the first signs of pomposity and expose it to ridicule.

Origin

Middle English: probably a diminutive of dialect stale ‘rung of a ladder, long handle’.

stalk²

verbstɔkstôk

1with object Pursue or approach stealthily.
a cat stalking a bird
Example sentencesExamples
- She stealthily approached like a leopard stalking an impala.
- Besides, there is so much to do that such luxuries as spending hours and hours stalking cats in pursuit of the perfect shot are simply not possible.
- The man approached her like a cheetah stalking its prey.
- White Fang does not make an uproar, but rather follows quietly, stalking the stranger.
- Torrine suddenly had the feeling of a deer being stalked by a hunter.
- He felt a glow of admiration for Whitepaws; she was now stalking the beast at a safe distance as it approached him.
- Their spears were held at the ready, and they took short, cautious steps, like hunters stalking big game.
- This time, however, the birds were starting to stir and make noise, and a neighbourhood cat was stalking one in the grass that was already making a grab for a worm or two.
- Finding the evolutionary origin of hominids is a little like stalking big game.
- They are legitimate game and can be hunted from stands or stalked on foot.
- In addition to breeding calves and colts, Glenn earns a living taking clients out for guided hunts and stalking the occasional problem cat for local ranchers.
- Most of the estates include salmon and trout fishing rights, grouse moors and deer stalking grounds as well as rambling lodges and outbuildings.
- His boots padding against the floor were muffled because of the thick carpet, and he doubted he was making anymore noise than a cat stalking a mouse.
- A cat scales a glass sharp wall and drops beside its shadow under an apple tree, stalking anxious sparrows with the first sun.
- A few large panels portray ancient hunts, with a figure stalking herds of deer.
- The elusive, spotted-coat cats secretly stalk their prey until just the right moment.
- He seemed to follow her like an owl stalking its prey, waiting for the right moment to strike.
- They envision hunters coming here to stalk elk, loggers to fell selected trees.
- Not knowing what to expect, they circled around, like cats stalking invisible birds.
- For the first time my dreams changed, I was stalking an antelope in the dry grass, approaching nearer and nearer until I killed it with my sword.
Synonyms
creep up on, trail, follow, shadow, track down, go after, be after, dog, hound, course, hunt, pursue, chase, give chase to, run after
1. 1.1 Harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention.
  for five years she was stalked by a man who would taunt and threaten her
  Example sentencesExamples
  A jilted lover who had been stalking his former girlfriend after she ended their relationship murdered her before turning the gun on himself.
  He's become obsessed to the point of stalking me.
  I chose someone who doesn't know me very well to tell her about me, and she made up a complete story about our meeting in a hot-air balloon and how I stalk people on Franklin Rd.
  In Glasgow, appearing twice nightly with Stanley Baxter, she became the target of an obsessed fan who stalked her, writing endless letters.
  An obsessed psychologist stalked her ex-lover and his new girlfriend before a Hallowe'en night confrontation ended in murder, a court has been told.
  Why haven't they been, you know, stalking the neighbors, basically, to get information?
  Trinity was hoping that Missy wasn't obsessed with Dustin and stalked him all the time.
  And he called for anyone who believes they may have been stalked or followed in the Sharrow area, which is popular among students, to get in touch.
  Instead of presenting the audience with an intriguing mystery of who is stalking this family and why, it becomes a boring repetition of what psychotic thing this man is going to do next.
  A number of obsessed fans have stalked her in the UK and made threats against her.
  Hurt and deeply jealous, she stalked him for 18 months causing misery and harassment to the pair.
  People are terrified of molesters, school shootings, and people stalking women and children.
  One resident of the town claims to have seen him in these parts before, stalking people - but him swears he's never been there before.
  Joe tries to shake him off, but Jed stalks him relentlessly, becoming ever more insistent.
  Oh, and then there was that feeling of being followed, and watched, just stalked every place I went.
  In the meantime I caution you that any further attempts at stalking my client via the interweb will result in the appropriate authorities being notified.
  People stalk celebrities - and this is just my opinion.
  He began associating with gangs, using drugs and verbally harassing and stalking young women.
  He becomes obsessive over his young student, stalking her and falsifying results.
  Although the case was settled out of court, her father became obsessive, stalking her and paying a private detective to follow her.
2. 1.2literary Move silently or threateningly through (a place)
  the tiger stalks the jungle
  figurative fear stalked the camp
  Example sentencesExamples
  Perhaps Euclid's ghost is stalking the English countryside by night, leaving its distinctive mark wherever it happens to alight.
  While police attempt to calm fears that a serial attacker is stalking the borough, many residents remain concerned about their safety.
  I watched the slate-feathered bird stalking a shallow eddy for maybe fifteen minutes before she flew upstream.
  Before dropping off underneath a wispy mosquito net, my last thought is: who knows what creatures stalk this place?
  A mysterious creature described as a cross between a kangaroo, a leopard, a monkey and a cat is stalking Salisbury.
  Outside, coots and herons stalk the downtown canals.
  My naivete was shaken some years ago, much before the fear and insecurity that stalks our streets today.
  But then someone's got to care in a world where Dr Death makes housecalls and fear stalks the land.
  When talking to many poor peasant informers, she noticed that ‘hunger and want were stalking the land’.
  Over the next few days, the tiger stalked the area, leaving footprints in the surrounds.
  The house was higgledy piggledy - in fact they even had a pot-bellied pig - and an unsettlingly large turkey stalked the place.
  According to legend, Conan Doyle was intrigued by the tale of a mythical black hound that stalked the moors at night.
  We have just passed through the witching hour that is Hallowe'en, relic of a medieval past when ghosts and spirits were thought to stalk the land on All Hallow's Eve.
  But, as former judge Lord Scarman said a quarter of a century ago, it is when fear is stalking the land that bills of rights are needed most.
  Despite the conditions, they're as alert as ever, for stalking these hills are Patagonia pumas, cats that can pull down guanacos twice their weight.
  Country life is seriously threatened… deprivation is now stalking the countryside…
  A third of the population is illiterate, and 600,000 people are stalked by malnutrition.
  The mystery of whether big cats are stalking Pembrokeshire is no closer to being solved, after laboratory analysis of faeces failed to prove their existence.
  October is an excellent month to stalk the shorelines of small lakes and ponds for aggressive bass.
  They stalk the darkness between the trees, hunting for the living.
2no object, with adverbial of direction Stride somewhere in a proud, stiff, or angry manner.
without another word she turned and stalked out
Example sentencesExamples
- Instantly sorry at what I had done, I stalked off, now angry with myself.
- He turned on his heel and stalked away, leaving the two angry women to follow.
- At that moment my father stalked impatiently through the door, muttering.
- She stomped her foot and stalked off in the same manner.
- Newly angry over the death of my beloved hamster, I stalk over to the stairs, with Zillah still in my arms.
- Angry, she stalked to the couple until she was directly behind Andrew.
- Prince Asgard stalked to Baron's chambers, angry and impatient.
- She turned and stalked back toward the door, feeling immensely proud of herself for having the willpower to walk away.
- Luca growled, still impatiently stalking up and down the hall.
- Marshall stalked impatiently up to her and got to about three inches from her face.
- Donnan stalked in like an angry feline and told her that Tranthor had been waiting outside his rooms to see Valaria.
- When the door suddenly opened, the Laird MacCallum looked awfully angry as he stalked quickly out down the hall.
- One of them gives this part angry, part horrified squeak, and then they stalk off as well as they can in the knee-deep snow.
- Arzenes didn't say a word, but angrily picked up the remnants of the machine and stalked off, fuming.
- She stalks to the chair and sits down, back ramrod stiff.
- And with that Darcy waved and stalked off, clearly trying to keep her stride even and calm.
- He stalked towards her, his strides suddenly a bit too fast and too long to be considered sober.
- Before he could recover, I swept past him and stalked up the steps into the lecture hall.
- Sending them one final glare to properly drive home her point, Alicia spun on her heel and stalked off, still fuming and close to tears.
- Kail spun around and stalked toward the doors of the ballroom, angry and hurting.
Synonyms
strut, stride, march, flounce, storm, stomp, sweep, swagger, prance

nounstɔkstôk

1A stealthy pursuit of someone or something.
Example sentencesExamples
- We parked the truck and started a stalk of the goats up shale and alpine forbs slopes.
- This technique, called "glassing" allows the hunter to spot the game from some distance away, then plan out a ambush or stalk.
2A stiff, striding gait.
Example sentencesExamples
- Mona let out this little noise of irritation and followed, her walk more of a stalk than a stride.
- He usually sauntered everywhere; now his stride could only be described as a stalk.
- Use full camouflage (including hands and face) to break the ‘human’ outline on stand or during a stalk.
- Em's stride was just a few shades below a stalk, so the dribble of people still leaving the school gave way to the irritated girl.

Origin

Late Old English -stealcian (in bistealcian ‘walk cautiously or stealthily’), of Germanic origin; related to steal.

单词	stalk
释义	stalk¹ noun stɔːkstɔk 1The main stem of a herbaceous plant. he chewed a stalk of grass Example sentencesExamples To produce a new plant, each tuber must have an eye (the new growth bud) which appears at the point where the tuber connects to the main stalk. These inconspicuous larvae cling to the stalk of the plant and can easily go unnoticed. Stir in the borlotti beans and parsley stalks, then add the tomatoes, garlic and stock and bring to the boil. Cavities form at the base of the stalk on severely diseased plants. Taking Maggie with her, the two made their way to Adam's home, only to find him kneeling in his vegetable bed, inspecting the base of one of his tomato plant stalks. The main stalk and side shoots are ready for harvest once the flower buds start to form. Best control can be obtained when the bugs are above ground on the plant stalks when temperatures are cool or after rain. Feeding also may continue after emergence as wireworms tunnel into the lower stalk of corn plants. This gray lump, made from the ashes of stalks of certain plants, contains the alkaline substance that invariably accompanies coca-chewing. Firmly plant the stalks into sand or vermiculite with most of the leaf blades exposed. Linen is from flax, a bast fiber taken from the stalk of the plant. Early plants had mainly green stalks, and it was those with a red tinge which were selected to produce the modern red varieties. The seeds and stalks of this useful plant must be imported. Purple loosestrife can grow to 3-9 feet tall with several, square stalks per plant. A few weeks later the stalks were head high, and there, where the branches met the main stalk, were little pools of water; perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes. As seeds ripened during the course of the experiment, the inflorescences were harvested by clipping the main stalk of each flowering culm just below the lowermost panicle branch. To prepare parsley for chopping, pull leaves from the main stalk. Ally chewed a grass stalk and listened to the bumblebees. Then she plants the stalk in warm, moist soil, where it grows into a full plant. These fluid-sucking larvae stunted the growth of the plants and damaged the stalks. Synonyms stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed 1.1 The slender attachment or support of a leaf, flower, or fruit. the acorns grow on stalks Example sentencesExamples In early summer, foot-long flower stalks poke above the mounds of leaves. After flowering, the stalks curl into a coil, drawing the seed capsule down on top of the tuber. So if you've still got some of the sunny flowers nodding on their stalks in your garden, borrow some of their petals. After blooms fade, cut flower stalks close to the ground, leaving healthy green leaves in place to nourish next year's growth. A couple of weeks before the dramatic colours of autumn begin to appear, a layer of cells starts to grow where the leaf stalk joins the branch. Long, leggy flower stalks indicate insufficient light. Exacerbated by warm, humid weather, red blotch infects leaves, flower stalks, blooms and bulb scales. Cut off dead stalks and leaves from perennials, then top-dress the beds with 2 to 3 inches of compost and a sprinkling of fertilizer. Emphasis should be on good soil drainage because free water on the surface may cause decay at the crown or at the bases of the leaf stalks. Its heart-shaped leaves float on the water surface and five-petaled white flowers rise on little stalks above the leaves. It looks somewhat like a firework the way the slim branches shoot up and out, topped by the yellow flowers on umbrella-like stalks which carry the delicious name of umbels. These buds are themselves developing beside the leaf stalk on the shoots as they grow in spring. The number of florets on the flower stalk depends on the size of the bulb. The spinach should have thick leaves with the biggest stalks removed - tedious, I know, but worth it. They attack young leaves, flower stalks and buds. When the winter has been mild like this year, the flower stalk will elongate in early March. In order to get a good grip on the shoot, the leaves were bent upwards and the leaf stalks gripped. Fruit stalks grow on the canes, not on branches. Dig and gather a few rhizomes; remove the leaf stalks and the fibrous roots. According to legend the shamrock, with its three leaves on the single stalk, was used by St. Patrick to explain the mystery of the Christian Trinity to the pagan Irish. Synonyms stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed 1.2 A stalklike support for a sessile animal, or for an organ in an animal. Example sentencesExamples Without warning the stalks supporting the crab's beady black eyes shoot straight up at me. Eyestalk length was divided into short to medium stalks or long stalks. The dura also forms a diaphragm above the pituitary gland, through which passes the pituitary stalk, joining the gland to the hypothalamus. Sclerites are mounted on short stalks of the integument, connected to the undersurface of the central disc, and are external to the body surface. Closer examination revealed a pair of compound eyes mounted on movable stalks, protruding from a burrow and rotating independently, like the periscopes of a submarine. Because R. kirbyi also possesses the longest stalk in the fauna, it is likely that the crown of adult specimens was elevated above those of all other crinoids. Their eyes are situated on the top of the head, sometimes on stalks, and their nostrils are tubular. The tip of the optic stalk is a considerable distance from the surface ectoderm. Later eocrinoids evolved a long stalk with columnals, like crinoids and blastoids. To avoid being knocked off and carried out to open water, the anemone secrets a very strong adhesive substance at the foot of its stalk that allows it to stay put in the most turbulent situations. The hypoblast gives rise to extra-embryonic structures such as the stalk of the yolk sac, whereas the embryo proper is formed from the remaining blastoderm cells, known as the epiblast. This ambulatory session is done by a preliminary biopsy of the gland stalk and with minimum invasive laparoscopic instrumentation. A fiddler crab's eyes are mounted on stalks that point straight up, and they command a panoramic, 360-degree view. Disarticulation is highly variable among echinoderms; stalks are most commonly observed as disarticulated columnals or segments. Pedunculate barnacles, with fleshy stalks, suffer from reduced preservational potential. Finally, the retina and retinal pigment epithelium differentiate from the optic cup, and the optic nerve develops from the optic stalk. From these same lobsters, we had initially removed the eyestalks and then quickly dissected the sinus glands from both eye - stalks. This fossil has been reconstructed with a hypothetical stalk anchored in the substrate, as if supporting a frondose body in a reclined position. Some deep-sea crinoids have a third body portion, the stalk. However, C. sanwuia, with both a calyx and a stalk, differs from phoronids in mode of life and body architecture. 1.3 A slender support or stem of an object. drinking glasses with long stalks Example sentencesExamples First, we deal with the case of elastic legs that are connected to the stalk through a free joint. This mobile object seemed to have a fragile stalk. You cannot assume airs and graces when you are stuck behind a stripped pine desk, with a wee stalk of a microphone in front of you and the media hanging over the banisters waiting to detect the first signs of pomposity and expose it to ridicule. 1.4 (in a vehicle) a lever on the steering column controlling the indicators, lights, etc. the control stalk on the car's fascia Example sentencesExamples The stalk control used to operate the radio also seems less effective then Renault's version. All the major controls are to hand, although the fiddly wiper stalk on the left and the indicators on the right caused me to make turns with the wipers going full blast on more than one occasion. However, one problem encountered during the test drives was the closeness of the indicator stalk with that controlling the cruise control system. Note that the indicator and wiper stalks have a new action that takes time to get used to. The other controls are familiar to all BMW users, but it was a little too easy to catch the stalk for cruise control when trying to operate the turn indicators. In fact, the car feels solid from tip to toe, from the thick doors to the low-slung seats and including the nicely cushioned stalks on the steering column. There are steering column stalks to control the audio and cruise control and expect to find plenty of cubby holes and storage bins. The only really hidden item was the stalk with the cruise control, but since I personally dislike cruise control, this was no great loss from my point of view. The stalks controlling lights and windscreen wipers are to European standards, with lights to the left and wipers to the right. For the driver, the instruments are easy to read and use, although the door mirror control is hidden by a steering wheel stalk, and a bit of fumbling is needed to use it. Both indicator and wiper stalks return to the centre point after each prod, making it harder to divine instantly what they have just done or where they are set. My only grumble was with the soft-touch indicator stalk. As usual with Saab, the design of the instruments and controls is almost perfect although the cruise control stalk is partly hidden from view. The first time I indicated, I nearly put the car on cruise control, which is what the visible stalk to the left of the wheel actually does. The cruise controls mounted on the indicator stalk are hidden by the steering wheel. So from the driver's seat, and looking straight ahead, there are no instruments other than those attached to the steering wheel, such as indicator and lighting stalks. Sadly the cars come with plastic indicator stalks as standard but once these had been replaced with the stainless steel variety the interior is perfect. The only annoyance is that the wiper and light control stalks remain on the Japanese sides of the steering wheel. These are irritations, but the fact that the lights and wiper stalks have not been swapped to suit European drivers is a real nuisance. Old British cars used to have an indicator stalk similarly disposed, and it feels entirely natural in such machines. Derivatives stalkless adjective The stalked forms inhabit the deep oceans, while stalkless forms are commonly found in shallower depths (including the shallows of coral reefs). Example sentencesExamples Some sea cucumbers are able to float or swim, and a few stalkless crinoids are also capable of swimming for short periods. stalk-like adjective Very slowly, Ranmotanii stretched out both arms, showing his stalk-like hands to the chief. Example sentencesExamples These are the male part of the flower consisting of pollen-bearing anthers at the end of stalk-like filaments. The fleshy, stalk-like pectoral and pelvic fins and similar fleshy second dorsal and anal fins are also unlike any other marine fishes. At its end, the tip had a kind of stalk-like thumb, with four longer, softer finger-stalks branching out along its base. Small clusters of stalk-like asparagus spears protrude from the top of long ridges of slightly raised earth. stalky adjectivestalkiest, stalkier ˈstɔːkiˈstɔki In its wild form, asparagus was a thin, stalky weed, but over the centuries growers have thickened it up and developed a succulent flavour. Example sentencesExamples A butterfly with wings spread dominates the foreground of Papilio oregonius, so that the swallow-tail's markings are clearly displayed, while stalky reeds part to frame the insect against distant sea and sky. This taste is often described as stalky, but if you ever, for whatever reason, happen to gnaw a mahogany sideboard you will recognise the taste. And, once winter arrives, the stalky seed heads peek through the drifts of snow. The stalky marshland plants huddle in dense bunches on uncultivated areas bordering South Florida's sugar farms. Origin Middle English: probably a diminutive of dialect stale 'rung of a ladder, long handle'. steal from Old English: Steal has two basic but connected senses: ‘take dishonestly’ and ‘go secretly’. If someone steals your thunder they win attention for themselves by pre-empting your attempt to impress. The source of this expression is surprisingly literal. The English dramatist John Dennis (1657–1734) invented a new method of simulating the sound of thunder as a theatrical sound effect and used it in his unsuccessful play Appius and Virginia. Shortly after he heard the same thunder effects used at a performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Dennis was understandably furious. ‘Damn them!’, he fumed, ‘they will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder!’ Stealth (Middle English) is closely connected and originally meant ‘theft’, and the phrase by stealth meant ‘by theft’ in late medieval English. The modern meaning of stealth evolved by homing in on all the furtiveness and secrecy associated with stealing. Stalk [LOE] as in ‘to stalk game’ is another relative, originally meaning ‘walk cautiously or stealthily’. The stalk of a plant (Middle English) is unconnected and may be a form of dialect stale ‘rung of a ladder, long handle’. Rhymes auk, baulk, Bork, caulk (US calk), chalk, cork, Dundalk, Falk, fork, gawk, hawk, Hawke, nork, orc, outwalk, pork, squawk, stork, talk, torc, torque, walk, york stalk² verb stɔːkstɔk 1with object Pursue or approach stealthily. a cat stalking a bird Example sentencesExamples A few large panels portray ancient hunts, with a figure stalking herds of deer. Torrine suddenly had the feeling of a deer being stalked by a hunter. This time, however, the birds were starting to stir and make noise, and a neighbourhood cat was stalking one in the grass that was already making a grab for a worm or two. He seemed to follow her like an owl stalking its prey, waiting for the right moment to strike. They envision hunters coming here to stalk elk, loggers to fell selected trees. His boots padding against the floor were muffled because of the thick carpet, and he doubted he was making anymore noise than a cat stalking a mouse. The elusive, spotted-coat cats secretly stalk their prey until just the right moment. In addition to breeding calves and colts, Glenn earns a living taking clients out for guided hunts and stalking the occasional problem cat for local ranchers. The man approached her like a cheetah stalking its prey. He felt a glow of admiration for Whitepaws; she was now stalking the beast at a safe distance as it approached him. Besides, there is so much to do that such luxuries as spending hours and hours stalking cats in pursuit of the perfect shot are simply not possible. Finding the evolutionary origin of hominids is a little like stalking big game. Not knowing what to expect, they circled around, like cats stalking invisible birds. Their spears were held at the ready, and they took short, cautious steps, like hunters stalking big game. White Fang does not make an uproar, but rather follows quietly, stalking the stranger. A cat scales a glass sharp wall and drops beside its shadow under an apple tree, stalking anxious sparrows with the first sun. She stealthily approached like a leopard stalking an impala. They are legitimate game and can be hunted from stands or stalked on foot. For the first time my dreams changed, I was stalking an antelope in the dry grass, approaching nearer and nearer until I killed it with my sword. Most of the estates include salmon and trout fishing rights, grouse moors and deer stalking grounds as well as rambling lodges and outbuildings. Synonyms creep up on, trail, follow, shadow, track down, go after, be after, dog, hound, course, hunt, pursue, chase, give chase to, run after informal tail 1.1 Harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention. for five years she was stalked by a man who would taunt and threaten her Example sentencesExamples Why haven't they been, you know, stalking the neighbors, basically, to get information? A number of obsessed fans have stalked her in the UK and made threats against her. Trinity was hoping that Missy wasn't obsessed with Dustin and stalked him all the time. Joe tries to shake him off, but Jed stalks him relentlessly, becoming ever more insistent. And he called for anyone who believes they may have been stalked or followed in the Sharrow area, which is popular among students, to get in touch. A jilted lover who had been stalking his former girlfriend after she ended their relationship murdered her before turning the gun on himself. An obsessed psychologist stalked her ex-lover and his new girlfriend before a Hallowe'en night confrontation ended in murder, a court has been told. He's become obsessed to the point of stalking me. In the meantime I caution you that any further attempts at stalking my client via the interweb will result in the appropriate authorities being notified. He began associating with gangs, using drugs and verbally harassing and stalking young women. Hurt and deeply jealous, she stalked him for 18 months causing misery and harassment to the pair. People stalk celebrities - and this is just my opinion. Oh, and then there was that feeling of being followed, and watched, just stalked every place I went. I chose someone who doesn't know me very well to tell her about me, and she made up a complete story about our meeting in a hot-air balloon and how I stalk people on Franklin Rd. People are terrified of molesters, school shootings, and people stalking women and children. One resident of the town claims to have seen him in these parts before, stalking people - but him swears he's never been there before. Instead of presenting the audience with an intriguing mystery of who is stalking this family and why, it becomes a boring repetition of what psychotic thing this man is going to do next. He becomes obsessive over his young student, stalking her and falsifying results. In Glasgow, appearing twice nightly with Stanley Baxter, she became the target of an obsessed fan who stalked her, writing endless letters. Although the case was settled out of court, her father became obsessive, stalking her and paying a private detective to follow her. 1.2literary Move silently or threateningly through (a place) the tiger stalks the jungle figurative fear stalked the camp Example sentencesExamples I watched the slate-feathered bird stalking a shallow eddy for maybe fifteen minutes before she flew upstream. But, as former judge Lord Scarman said a quarter of a century ago, it is when fear is stalking the land that bills of rights are needed most. Perhaps Euclid's ghost is stalking the English countryside by night, leaving its distinctive mark wherever it happens to alight. Despite the conditions, they're as alert as ever, for stalking these hills are Patagonia pumas, cats that can pull down guanacos twice their weight. When talking to many poor peasant informers, she noticed that ‘hunger and want were stalking the land’. Before dropping off underneath a wispy mosquito net, my last thought is: who knows what creatures stalk this place? My naivete was shaken some years ago, much before the fear and insecurity that stalks our streets today. The house was higgledy piggledy - in fact they even had a pot-bellied pig - and an unsettlingly large turkey stalked the place. October is an excellent month to stalk the shorelines of small lakes and ponds for aggressive bass. Country life is seriously threatened… deprivation is now stalking the countryside… A mysterious creature described as a cross between a kangaroo, a leopard, a monkey and a cat is stalking Salisbury. The mystery of whether big cats are stalking Pembrokeshire is no closer to being solved, after laboratory analysis of faeces failed to prove their existence. A third of the population is illiterate, and 600,000 people are stalked by malnutrition. They stalk the darkness between the trees, hunting for the living. Outside, coots and herons stalk the downtown canals. Over the next few days, the tiger stalked the area, leaving footprints in the surrounds. While police attempt to calm fears that a serial attacker is stalking the borough, many residents remain concerned about their safety. But then someone's got to care in a world where Dr Death makes housecalls and fear stalks the land. We have just passed through the witching hour that is Hallowe'en, relic of a medieval past when ghosts and spirits were thought to stalk the land on All Hallow's Eve. According to legend, Conan Doyle was intrigued by the tale of a mythical black hound that stalked the moors at night. 2no object, with adverbial of direction Stride somewhere in a proud, stiff, or angry manner. without another word she turned and stalked out Example sentencesExamples At that moment my father stalked impatiently through the door, muttering. Donnan stalked in like an angry feline and told her that Tranthor had been waiting outside his rooms to see Valaria. He stalked towards her, his strides suddenly a bit too fast and too long to be considered sober. Instantly sorry at what I had done, I stalked off, now angry with myself. Marshall stalked impatiently up to her and got to about three inches from her face. Angry, she stalked to the couple until she was directly behind Andrew. One of them gives this part angry, part horrified squeak, and then they stalk off as well as they can in the knee-deep snow. Luca growled, still impatiently stalking up and down the hall. Before he could recover, I swept past him and stalked up the steps into the lecture hall. He turned on his heel and stalked away, leaving the two angry women to follow. When the door suddenly opened, the Laird MacCallum looked awfully angry as he stalked quickly out down the hall. Arzenes didn't say a word, but angrily picked up the remnants of the machine and stalked off, fuming. Sending them one final glare to properly drive home her point, Alicia spun on her heel and stalked off, still fuming and close to tears. Kail spun around and stalked toward the doors of the ballroom, angry and hurting. She stalks to the chair and sits down, back ramrod stiff. And with that Darcy waved and stalked off, clearly trying to keep her stride even and calm. She stomped her foot and stalked off in the same manner. Newly angry over the death of my beloved hamster, I stalk over to the stairs, with Zillah still in my arms. She turned and stalked back toward the door, feeling immensely proud of herself for having the willpower to walk away. Prince Asgard stalked to Baron's chambers, angry and impatient. Synonyms strut, stride, march, flounce, storm, stomp, sweep, swagger, prance noun stɔːkstɔk 1A stealthy pursuit of someone or something. this time the stalk would be on foot Example sentencesExamples We parked the truck and started a stalk of the goats up shale and alpine forbs slopes. This technique, called "glassing" allows the hunter to spot the game from some distance away, then plan out a ambush or stalk. 2A stiff, striding gait. Example sentencesExamples Mona let out this little noise of irritation and followed, her walk more of a stalk than a stride. Use full camouflage (including hands and face) to break the ‘human’ outline on stand or during a stalk. He usually sauntered everywhere; now his stride could only be described as a stalk. Em's stride was just a few shades below a stalk, so the dribble of people still leaving the school gave way to the irritated girl. Origin Late Old English -stealcian (in bistealcian 'walk cautiously or stealthily'), of Germanic origin; related to steal. noun.1 verb.1 stalk¹ nounstôkstɔk 1The main stem of a herbaceous plant. he chewed a stalk of grass Example sentencesExamples The main stalk and side shoots are ready for harvest once the flower buds start to form. These inconspicuous larvae cling to the stalk of the plant and can easily go unnoticed. Stir in the borlotti beans and parsley stalks, then add the tomatoes, garlic and stock and bring to the boil. Feeding also may continue after emergence as wireworms tunnel into the lower stalk of corn plants. Best control can be obtained when the bugs are above ground on the plant stalks when temperatures are cool or after rain. Purple loosestrife can grow to 3-9 feet tall with several, square stalks per plant. Ally chewed a grass stalk and listened to the bumblebees. As seeds ripened during the course of the experiment, the inflorescences were harvested by clipping the main stalk of each flowering culm just below the lowermost panicle branch. Cavities form at the base of the stalk on severely diseased plants. Taking Maggie with her, the two made their way to Adam's home, only to find him kneeling in his vegetable bed, inspecting the base of one of his tomato plant stalks. Early plants had mainly green stalks, and it was those with a red tinge which were selected to produce the modern red varieties. To produce a new plant, each tuber must have an eye (the new growth bud) which appears at the point where the tuber connects to the main stalk. These fluid-sucking larvae stunted the growth of the plants and damaged the stalks. The seeds and stalks of this useful plant must be imported. Firmly plant the stalks into sand or vermiculite with most of the leaf blades exposed. A few weeks later the stalks were head high, and there, where the branches met the main stalk, were little pools of water; perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes. This gray lump, made from the ashes of stalks of certain plants, contains the alkaline substance that invariably accompanies coca-chewing. To prepare parsley for chopping, pull leaves from the main stalk. Linen is from flax, a bast fiber taken from the stalk of the plant. Then she plants the stalk in warm, moist soil, where it grows into a full plant. Synonyms stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed 1.1 The slender attachment or support of a leaf, flower, or fruit. the acorns grow on stalks Example sentencesExamples According to legend the shamrock, with its three leaves on the single stalk, was used by St. Patrick to explain the mystery of the Christian Trinity to the pagan Irish. The spinach should have thick leaves with the biggest stalks removed - tedious, I know, but worth it. Dig and gather a few rhizomes; remove the leaf stalks and the fibrous roots. Fruit stalks grow on the canes, not on branches. These buds are themselves developing beside the leaf stalk on the shoots as they grow in spring. They attack young leaves, flower stalks and buds. The number of florets on the flower stalk depends on the size of the bulb. Exacerbated by warm, humid weather, red blotch infects leaves, flower stalks, blooms and bulb scales. It looks somewhat like a firework the way the slim branches shoot up and out, topped by the yellow flowers on umbrella-like stalks which carry the delicious name of umbels. A couple of weeks before the dramatic colours of autumn begin to appear, a layer of cells starts to grow where the leaf stalk joins the branch. Cut off dead stalks and leaves from perennials, then top-dress the beds with 2 to 3 inches of compost and a sprinkling of fertilizer. In order to get a good grip on the shoot, the leaves were bent upwards and the leaf stalks gripped. Emphasis should be on good soil drainage because free water on the surface may cause decay at the crown or at the bases of the leaf stalks. After flowering, the stalks curl into a coil, drawing the seed capsule down on top of the tuber. After blooms fade, cut flower stalks close to the ground, leaving healthy green leaves in place to nourish next year's growth. In early summer, foot-long flower stalks poke above the mounds of leaves. So if you've still got some of the sunny flowers nodding on their stalks in your garden, borrow some of their petals. Its heart-shaped leaves float on the water surface and five-petaled white flowers rise on little stalks above the leaves. When the winter has been mild like this year, the flower stalk will elongate in early March. Long, leggy flower stalks indicate insufficient light. Synonyms stem, shoot, trunk, stock, cane, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed 1.2 A stalklike support for a sessile animal, or for an organ in an animal. Example sentencesExamples Without warning the stalks supporting the crab's beady black eyes shoot straight up at me. Sclerites are mounted on short stalks of the integument, connected to the undersurface of the central disc, and are external to the body surface. From these same lobsters, we had initially removed the eyestalks and then quickly dissected the sinus glands from both eye - stalks. Because R. kirbyi also possesses the longest stalk in the fauna, it is likely that the crown of adult specimens was elevated above those of all other crinoids. Some deep-sea crinoids have a third body portion, the stalk. This ambulatory session is done by a preliminary biopsy of the gland stalk and with minimum invasive laparoscopic instrumentation. The hypoblast gives rise to extra-embryonic structures such as the stalk of the yolk sac, whereas the embryo proper is formed from the remaining blastoderm cells, known as the epiblast. Disarticulation is highly variable among echinoderms; stalks are most commonly observed as disarticulated columnals or segments. Finally, the retina and retinal pigment epithelium differentiate from the optic cup, and the optic nerve develops from the optic stalk. The tip of the optic stalk is a considerable distance from the surface ectoderm. Later eocrinoids evolved a long stalk with columnals, like crinoids and blastoids. Eyestalk length was divided into short to medium stalks or long stalks. However, C. sanwuia, with both a calyx and a stalk, differs from phoronids in mode of life and body architecture. Pedunculate barnacles, with fleshy stalks, suffer from reduced preservational potential. The dura also forms a diaphragm above the pituitary gland, through which passes the pituitary stalk, joining the gland to the hypothalamus. Closer examination revealed a pair of compound eyes mounted on movable stalks, protruding from a burrow and rotating independently, like the periscopes of a submarine. This fossil has been reconstructed with a hypothetical stalk anchored in the substrate, as if supporting a frondose body in a reclined position. Their eyes are situated on the top of the head, sometimes on stalks, and their nostrils are tubular. A fiddler crab's eyes are mounted on stalks that point straight up, and they command a panoramic, 360-degree view. To avoid being knocked off and carried out to open water, the anemone secrets a very strong adhesive substance at the foot of its stalk that allows it to stay put in the most turbulent situations. 1.3 A slender support or stem of an object. drinking glasses with long stalks Example sentencesExamples This mobile object seemed to have a fragile stalk. First, we deal with the case of elastic legs that are connected to the stalk through a free joint. You cannot assume airs and graces when you are stuck behind a stripped pine desk, with a wee stalk of a microphone in front of you and the media hanging over the banisters waiting to detect the first signs of pomposity and expose it to ridicule. Origin Middle English: probably a diminutive of dialect stale ‘rung of a ladder, long handle’. stalk² verbstɔkstôk 1with object Pursue or approach stealthily. a cat stalking a bird Example sentencesExamples She stealthily approached like a leopard stalking an impala. Besides, there is so much to do that such luxuries as spending hours and hours stalking cats in pursuit of the perfect shot are simply not possible. The man approached her like a cheetah stalking its prey. White Fang does not make an uproar, but rather follows quietly, stalking the stranger. Torrine suddenly had the feeling of a deer being stalked by a hunter. He felt a glow of admiration for Whitepaws; she was now stalking the beast at a safe distance as it approached him. Their spears were held at the ready, and they took short, cautious steps, like hunters stalking big game. This time, however, the birds were starting to stir and make noise, and a neighbourhood cat was stalking one in the grass that was already making a grab for a worm or two. Finding the evolutionary origin of hominids is a little like stalking big game. They are legitimate game and can be hunted from stands or stalked on foot. In addition to breeding calves and colts, Glenn earns a living taking clients out for guided hunts and stalking the occasional problem cat for local ranchers. Most of the estates include salmon and trout fishing rights, grouse moors and deer stalking grounds as well as rambling lodges and outbuildings. His boots padding against the floor were muffled because of the thick carpet, and he doubted he was making anymore noise than a cat stalking a mouse. A cat scales a glass sharp wall and drops beside its shadow under an apple tree, stalking anxious sparrows with the first sun. A few large panels portray ancient hunts, with a figure stalking herds of deer. The elusive, spotted-coat cats secretly stalk their prey until just the right moment. He seemed to follow her like an owl stalking its prey, waiting for the right moment to strike. They envision hunters coming here to stalk elk, loggers to fell selected trees. Not knowing what to expect, they circled around, like cats stalking invisible birds. For the first time my dreams changed, I was stalking an antelope in the dry grass, approaching nearer and nearer until I killed it with my sword. Synonyms creep up on, trail, follow, shadow, track down, go after, be after, dog, hound, course, hunt, pursue, chase, give chase to, run after 1.1 Harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention. for five years she was stalked by a man who would taunt and threaten her Example sentencesExamples A jilted lover who had been stalking his former girlfriend after she ended their relationship murdered her before turning the gun on himself. He's become obsessed to the point of stalking me. I chose someone who doesn't know me very well to tell her about me, and she made up a complete story about our meeting in a hot-air balloon and how I stalk people on Franklin Rd. In Glasgow, appearing twice nightly with Stanley Baxter, she became the target of an obsessed fan who stalked her, writing endless letters. An obsessed psychologist stalked her ex-lover and his new girlfriend before a Hallowe'en night confrontation ended in murder, a court has been told. Why haven't they been, you know, stalking the neighbors, basically, to get information? Trinity was hoping that Missy wasn't obsessed with Dustin and stalked him all the time. And he called for anyone who believes they may have been stalked or followed in the Sharrow area, which is popular among students, to get in touch. Instead of presenting the audience with an intriguing mystery of who is stalking this family and why, it becomes a boring repetition of what psychotic thing this man is going to do next. A number of obsessed fans have stalked her in the UK and made threats against her. Hurt and deeply jealous, she stalked him for 18 months causing misery and harassment to the pair. People are terrified of molesters, school shootings, and people stalking women and children. One resident of the town claims to have seen him in these parts before, stalking people - but him swears he's never been there before. Joe tries to shake him off, but Jed stalks him relentlessly, becoming ever more insistent. Oh, and then there was that feeling of being followed, and watched, just stalked every place I went. In the meantime I caution you that any further attempts at stalking my client via the interweb will result in the appropriate authorities being notified. People stalk celebrities - and this is just my opinion. He began associating with gangs, using drugs and verbally harassing and stalking young women. He becomes obsessive over his young student, stalking her and falsifying results. Although the case was settled out of court, her father became obsessive, stalking her and paying a private detective to follow her. 1.2literary Move silently or threateningly through (a place) the tiger stalks the jungle figurative fear stalked the camp Example sentencesExamples Perhaps Euclid's ghost is stalking the English countryside by night, leaving its distinctive mark wherever it happens to alight. While police attempt to calm fears that a serial attacker is stalking the borough, many residents remain concerned about their safety. I watched the slate-feathered bird stalking a shallow eddy for maybe fifteen minutes before she flew upstream. Before dropping off underneath a wispy mosquito net, my last thought is: who knows what creatures stalk this place? A mysterious creature described as a cross between a kangaroo, a leopard, a monkey and a cat is stalking Salisbury. Outside, coots and herons stalk the downtown canals. My naivete was shaken some years ago, much before the fear and insecurity that stalks our streets today. But then someone's got to care in a world where Dr Death makes housecalls and fear stalks the land. When talking to many poor peasant informers, she noticed that ‘hunger and want were stalking the land’. Over the next few days, the tiger stalked the area, leaving footprints in the surrounds. The house was higgledy piggledy - in fact they even had a pot-bellied pig - and an unsettlingly large turkey stalked the place. According to legend, Conan Doyle was intrigued by the tale of a mythical black hound that stalked the moors at night. We have just passed through the witching hour that is Hallowe'en, relic of a medieval past when ghosts and spirits were thought to stalk the land on All Hallow's Eve. But, as former judge Lord Scarman said a quarter of a century ago, it is when fear is stalking the land that bills of rights are needed most. Despite the conditions, they're as alert as ever, for stalking these hills are Patagonia pumas, cats that can pull down guanacos twice their weight. Country life is seriously threatened… deprivation is now stalking the countryside… A third of the population is illiterate, and 600,000 people are stalked by malnutrition. The mystery of whether big cats are stalking Pembrokeshire is no closer to being solved, after laboratory analysis of faeces failed to prove their existence. October is an excellent month to stalk the shorelines of small lakes and ponds for aggressive bass. They stalk the darkness between the trees, hunting for the living. 2no object, with adverbial of direction Stride somewhere in a proud, stiff, or angry manner. without another word she turned and stalked out Example sentencesExamples Instantly sorry at what I had done, I stalked off, now angry with myself. He turned on his heel and stalked away, leaving the two angry women to follow. At that moment my father stalked impatiently through the door, muttering. She stomped her foot and stalked off in the same manner. Newly angry over the death of my beloved hamster, I stalk over to the stairs, with Zillah still in my arms. Angry, she stalked to the couple until she was directly behind Andrew. Prince Asgard stalked to Baron's chambers, angry and impatient. She turned and stalked back toward the door, feeling immensely proud of herself for having the willpower to walk away. Luca growled, still impatiently stalking up and down the hall. Marshall stalked impatiently up to her and got to about three inches from her face. Donnan stalked in like an angry feline and told her that Tranthor had been waiting outside his rooms to see Valaria. When the door suddenly opened, the Laird MacCallum looked awfully angry as he stalked quickly out down the hall. One of them gives this part angry, part horrified squeak, and then they stalk off as well as they can in the knee-deep snow. Arzenes didn't say a word, but angrily picked up the remnants of the machine and stalked off, fuming. She stalks to the chair and sits down, back ramrod stiff. And with that Darcy waved and stalked off, clearly trying to keep her stride even and calm. He stalked towards her, his strides suddenly a bit too fast and too long to be considered sober. Before he could recover, I swept past him and stalked up the steps into the lecture hall. Sending them one final glare to properly drive home her point, Alicia spun on her heel and stalked off, still fuming and close to tears. Kail spun around and stalked toward the doors of the ballroom, angry and hurting. Synonyms strut, stride, march, flounce, storm, stomp, sweep, swagger, prance nounstɔkstôk 1A stealthy pursuit of someone or something. Example sentencesExamples We parked the truck and started a stalk of the goats up shale and alpine forbs slopes. This technique, called "glassing" allows the hunter to spot the game from some distance away, then plan out a ambush or stalk. 2A stiff, striding gait. Example sentencesExamples Mona let out this little noise of irritation and followed, her walk more of a stalk than a stride. He usually sauntered everywhere; now his stride could only be described as a stalk. Use full camouflage (including hands and face) to break the ‘human’ outline on stand or during a stalk. Em's stride was just a few shades below a stalk, so the dribble of people still leaving the school gave way to the irritated girl. Origin Late Old English -stealcian (in bistealcian ‘walk cautiously or stealthily’), of Germanic origin; related to steal. noun.1 verb.1
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