skulk

英 [skʌlk]

美 [skʌlk]

v.  潜伏; 偷偷摸摸地走动; 鬼鬼祟祟地活动

现在分词：skulking　过去式：skulked　第三人称单数：skulks　复数：skulks　过去分词：skulked　

TOEFL

BNC.24360 / COCA.23193

牛津词典

verb

• 潜伏；偷偷摸摸地走动；鬼鬼祟祟地活动
  to hide or move around secretly, especially when you are planning sth bad
  1. There was someone skulking behind the bushes.
     有人藏在灌木后面。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 躲藏;潜伏;躲躲闪闪地走;鬼鬼祟祟地活动
  If youskulksomewhere, you hide or move around quietly because you do not want to be seen.
  1. You, meanwhile, will be skulking in the safety of the car...
     与此同时，你会安全地藏在汽车里。
  2. Harry skulked off.
     哈里偷偷地溜走了。

英英释义

verb

• move stealthily
  1. The lonely man skulks down the main street all day
• avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
  Synonym:malinger
• lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
  Synonym:lurk

双语例句

• At midnight, when there was a moon, I sometimes met with hounds in my path prowling about the woods, which would skulk out of my way, as if afraid, and stand silent amid the bushes till I had passed.
  在有月亮的午夜，有时候我路上碰到了许多的猎犬，它们奔窜在树林中，从我面前的路上躲开，好像很怕我而静静地站在灌木丛中，直到我走过了再出来。
• If you still have interest to browse my face again, have a look at thick glasses slice empress skulk of man of mine-eyes!
  如果你还有兴趣再浏览一下我的脸，看一看在厚厚眼镜片后躲躲闪闪的男人的我的&眼睛！
• Harry skulked off.
  哈里偷偷地溜走了。
• The first Japanese Prime Minister born since the war, Mr Abe has made it his mission to build what he calls a "beautiful Japan" by persuading Japanese that they need no longer skulk about in the shadows of wartime guilt.
  作为首位战后出生的日本首相，安倍有意说服日本民众无需再在战争罪行的阴影下躲藏，从而建设一个他所谓的“美丽的日本”。
• You, meanwhile, will be skulking in the safety of the car
  与此同时，你会安全地藏在汽车里。
• While watching a suspicious man skulk around the bathhouse, Conan slips and knocks himself unconscious.
  发现有可疑男子在澡堂周围鬼鬼祟祟时，柯南不认滑倒、撞到自己（的脑袋）而失去意识。
• It is one thing to be idle and skulk, and quite another to take a ship and murder a number of innocent men.
  吊儿郎当、消极怠惰是一回事，夺取船只、杀害一些无辜的人却是另一码事。
• This spell is used frequently as people skulk about the castle or the Forbidden Forest.
  这道魔咒经常被用于帮助那些在城堡或禁林中偷偷游逛的家伙。
• It's a hard thing to skulk and starve in the heather.
  躲在树林里的挨饿不是一件好受的事。