[with obj.](of a person or animal) move about (a place) in search of or as if in search of prey (人或动物为觅食而)潜行;巡行;搜寻 black bears prowl the canyons. 黑熊在山谷里巡行。 ■[no obj., with adverbial](of a person or animal) move stealthily or restlessly as or like a hunter (人,动物)(偷偷而又不安地)徘徊 David had been prowling about in the garden, waiting for her car. 戴维一直在花园里徘徊,等着她的车出现。
noun
an act of prowling 徘徊,闲逛 I met her once on one of my off-duty bookshop prowls. 我曾在一次下班后逛书店时见过她。
常用词组 on the prowl
(of a person or animal) moving about in search or as if in search of prey (人,动物)在潜行;徘徊;搜寻