英语释义

1. to move about or wander stealthily in or as if in search of prey

2. to roam over in a predatory manner

3. an act or instance of prowling

4. in the act of prowling also in search of something
his fourth wife had just left him, and he was on the prowl again
— Mary McCarthy

5. to move quietly through an area while hunting

6. to move through a place or area especially while searching for something often in a quiet or secret way

7. an act of moving through a place while searching for something an act of prowling

8. to move about quietly and secretly in hunting or searching
Phoebe prowled through the house, examining the walls and carpet …
— Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons

片语

Transformers Shorts On The Prowl正真的变形金刚

Be On The Prowl踱来踱去

Primates on the prowl灵长目动物觅食

Predators on the Prowl游蕩的猎食者

The Burglar on the Prowl伺机下手的贼

英汉例句

• so friday afternoon, he looks up his pals batman and spiderman to see if they「re up for going on the prowl that evening.

  所以礼拜五下午他找了他的老伙计蝙蝠侠和蜘蛛侠，看看他们晚上是否有兴趣一起出去溜溜。

• part of your responsibility as a server-side developer is to be on the prowl for frictions in the operations around you.

  作为服务器端开发人员，部分责任就是检查身边的操作中的矛盾。

• mr murdoch is one of the biggest beasts in the business jungle, constantly on the prowl for synergies and acquisitions.

  默多克先生是商界巨鳄之一，他不断猎寻企业合并和收购行动。

• i am on the prowl for another shelter dog for myself; i’m looking for something a little bigger than nora, say 30 or 40 pounds, and some type of border collie mix.

  我考虑再收养一只小狗；我正在寻找一只比劳拉大点的小狗，30到40磅左右，比如说一只纯种的英国伯德牧羊犬。

• whether that means embracing the great outdoors around denver or buying the next round of tequila shots in nightlife-oriented virginia beach, there are plenty of other like-minded people on the prowl

  她在声明中还说到：“不管是在丹佛周围小作旅行，还是到以夜生活为主导的弗吉尼亚海岸去买下一杯龙舌兰酒，都可以见到许多志趣相投的人群在四周徘徊。

• our cats go on the prowl at night, and then they sleep here all day.

  我们家的猫晚上悄悄出去觅食，白天就在这里睡大觉。

• with the economy down, we are on the prowl looking for bargains.

  因为经济欠佳，我们都在四处寻找便宜的价格。

• fans will see her on the prowl for younger men as she tries to get back into the dating scene, so perhaps these pictures suggest she may have got lucky.

  粉丝们将看到她尝试着重新幽会，在年轻的男人中徘徊，或许这些图片暗示，她可能撞上好运了。

• all that」s just fine with me. like your husband, mine is a truly caring person and not on the prowl . so i don「t worry about his contacts at all.

  跟你的老公一样，我的先生也是个体贴的人，他也不在外面寻花问柳，所以对他们的联系我毫不在意。

• chinese carmakers have been on the prowl all year for distressed western car assets but few deals have been concluded.

  中国汽车制造商一年来一直在搜寻陷入困境的西方汽车制造资产，但很少达成交易。

• of course, many new parents are always on the prowl for new and unusual names – perhaps they just liked the sound of it.

  当然，许多初为父母的人一直都在到处找新的不同寻常的名字——也许他们仅仅是喜欢这个名字而已。

• in fact, prejudice is what you want in a book like this, which works best as an annotated tip sheet for hungry readers on the prowl for overlooked writers and neglected works.

  事实上，偏见就是像这样在一本书里提供你所希望的，它可以非常好的为渴求的读者提供一张注释清单，用来寻找那些被忽视的作者和被忽视的作品。

• first, i’m always on the prowl for an idea or an approach that might help me in my own investing.

  首先，我期望从中得到一种观念或方法，能对我自己的投资有所帮助。

• don」t tell anyone at work. i「m actually on the prowl for a new job.

  不要告诉班上的任何人，我正在找新的工作呢。

• once it does, private-equity firms, several of which are interested in cadbury」s soft-drinks business, will be on the prowl again.

  危机一旦过去，对sainsbury软饮业务颇有兴趣有几家私人股份公司就会伺机而动。

• sleep would be an extremely beneficial distraction if early man had wanted to take a midnight stroll at the time when saber-tooth tigers were on the prowl [source: bbc].

  在剑齿虎四处徘徊的时代，人们如果想午夜出去散步就很危险，睡眠是十分有益的消遣。