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WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 主要翻译 | prowl⇒ viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (move stealthily about) (人) | 蹑手蹑脚地走,潜行(以图谋不轨)
| | (动物) | 潜行(以捕食) qián xíng ( yǐ bǔ shí ) | | The burglar prowled around the building looking for a way in. | | 其他翻译 | prowl nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (stealthy movement) | 潜行 qián xíng | | | 悄悄地走 qiāo qiāo de zǒu | | He searched the kitchen on a midnight prowl for something good to eat. |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 复合形式: | on the prowl exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | (looking for prey) | 寻找目标
| | (比喻义) | 觅食 mì shí | | Police warned residents that thieves have been on the prowl in the neighborhood. | patrol car, squad car, prowl car (US) nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (on-duty police automobile) | 巡逻车 xún luó chē | | Slow down to the speed limit -- there's a patrol car around the bend. I pulled over when I saw the patrol car's lights in my rear-view mirror. |
Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: prowl [ praul] I vi [animal, person] 潜(潛)行 qiánxíng II n 1 (lit)▶ to be on the prowl [animal] 潜(潛)行觅(覓)食 qiánxíng mìshí 2 (fig)▶ to be on the prowl (for sth) [person] 来(來)回寻(尋)觅(覓)(某物) láihuí xúnmì (mǒuwù) 在这些条目还发现'prowl': 在英文解释里: snoop - troll |