(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
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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
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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。
an act of prowling
徘徊,闲逛
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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。
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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
" late Middle English: of unknown origin."