| 单词 | lurk |
| 释义 | lurk (once / 562 pages) v To lurk is to creep around, hide out, and wait to attack. Your team’s strategy for winning capture the flag might be to lurk in the bushes for an hour until the opposing side thinks you gave up and went home. The verb lurk means to move furtively or sneak around, usually while you wait to pounce. Tigers lurk through the jungle, stalking their prey, and creepy characters are always lurking in the shadows in horror movies. Perhaps that's why you'll often hear people describe not-so-safe places by saying that danger lurks at every turn. Other words for lurk include creep, prowl, and snoop. WORD FAMILYlurk: lurked, lurker, lurking, lurks+/lurker: lurkers USAGE EXAMPLESThrough his scope he spotted a fighter with a rifle about 250 yards away, lurking in a shadow by a wall. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) In a sign of the dangers that lurk, a Swiss aid worker was abducted from her home by armed men on Christmas Eve. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) They were too awful to lurk and wait for Washington to produce enough mishaps to let them back in the game. Washington Post(Dec 24, 2016) 1v lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner Syn|Hyper skulk conceal, hide prevent from being seen or discovered 2v wait in hiding to attack Syn|Hyper ambuscade, ambush, bushwhack, lie in wait, scupper, waylay wait stay in one place and anticipate or expect something 3v be about Syn|Hypo|Hyper footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loaf, loiter, lollygag, lounge, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry lurch, prowl loiter about, with no apparent aim be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) |
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