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-新都网

lurklurk /lɚk/ ●○○ verb [intransitive always + adv./prep.]

ETYMOLOGYlurk

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

1to wait somewhere quietly and secretly, usually because you are going to do something bad: lurk around/in/beneath etc. Witnesses said they saw a man lurking near the woman’s home.2if something such as danger, a feeling, etc. lurks, it exists, but you are not fully aware of it: Racism continues to lurk in the heart of American society.3if you lurk in a chat room on the Internet, you read what other people are writing to each other but you do not write any messages yourself