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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 |