skulk

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++skulk /skʌlk/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]  HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEto hide or move about secretly, trying not to be noticed, especially when you are intending to do something bad 〔尤指为了不良企图而〕躲藏，潜伏；鬼鬼祟祟地走动 SYN lurkskulk about/around/in etc He was still skulking around outside when they left the building. 他们离开大楼时他还在外面鬼鬼祟祟的。→ See Verb table

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skulk• You want some weirdo skulking around the aisles, spraying toxic chemicals all over the place?• But Sergia believed that you would be fearful, would skulk in space beyond the planet.• She would not be reduced to skulking in the back room of her own shop.• He saw the occasional pheasant and partridge winging rapidly away beneath him, or skulking in the brown grass and bracken.• If there was more than one person skulking there, then he wanted to know about it.skulk about/around/in etc• As he argued it, he had no option but to skulk in alleys.• If only she could have seen me skulking around at Cliff Top, the very picture of melancholy.• After skulking around for half an hour I spotted a kestrel in a tree nearby.• But Sergia believed that you would be fearful, would skulk in space beyond the planet.• You want some weirdo skulking around the aisles, spraying toxic chemicals all over the place?• She would not be reduced to skulking in the back room of her own shop.• He saw the occasional pheasant and partridge winging rapidly away beneath him, or skulking in the brown grass and bracken.• But there they were in Brentford, lounging on corners or skulking about up alleyways.Origin skulk (1100-1200) From a Scandinavian language

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skulk
skulk /skʌlk/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]to hide or move about secretly, trying not to be noticed, especially when you are intending to do something bad
   SYN  lurk
    skulk about/around/in etc
    He was still skulking around outside when they left the building.

skulkBrE /skʌlk/ 🔊NAmE /skʌlk/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they skulk BrE /skʌlk/ 🔊 NAmE /skʌlk/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it skulks BrE /skʌlks/ 🔊 NAmE /skʌlks/ 🔊past simple skulked BrE /skʌlkt/ 🔊 NAmE /skʌlkt/ 🔊past participle skulked BrE /skʌlkt/ 🔊 NAmE /skʌlkt/ 🔊 -ing form skulking BrE /ˈskʌlkɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈskʌlkɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] + adv./prep. (disapproving) to hide or move around secretly, especially when you are planning sth bad 潜伏；偷偷摸摸地走动；鬼鬼祟祟地活动◆There was someone skulking behind the bushes. 有人藏在灌木后面。🔊🔊