英:[lɜːk]
美:[lɜːrk]
英:[lɜːk]
美:[lɜːrk]
vi.
潜伏,埋伏
潜藏,潜在
偷偷地行动
n.
潜在,潜伏
<俚>欺骗,欺诈
复数:lurks
第三人称单数:lurks
现在分词:lurking
过去式:lurked
过去分词:lurked
lurkingly (adv.), lurker (n.)
词根:lurk
n.lurker 潜伏者
verb
intransitive verb
to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose
someone out there lurking in the shadows
to move furtively or inconspicuously
shall I lurk about this country like a thief?—Henry Fielding
to persist in staying Something about the smile lurking on Malfoy's face during the next week made Harry, Ron, and Hermione very nervous.—J. K. Rowling
the excitement of the first act still lurking in the air—Richard Fletcher
to be concealed but capable of being discoveredspecifically: to constitute a latent threat
What evil lurks in the hearts of men?
to lie hidden
Malaria lurked in the marshes.
to read messages without contributing on an Internet discussion forum (see forum sense 1c) (such as a newsgroup or chat room) or social media platform (such as Facebook or Twitter)
You can tweet as much as you want or lurk without comment, though consistent tweeting and audience engagement are key to attracting and keeping followers.—Charlotte Abbott
约于1300年, lurken “隐藏,潜藏”,可能源自斯堪的纳维亚语(比较方言挪威语 lurka “悄悄离开”,方言瑞典语 lurka “工作缓慢”),或许最终与中古英语 luren “皱眉,潜伏”(见 lower(v.2))有关。从14世纪后期开始,“秘密行动”; 也“逃避观察”。相关: Lurked; lurking。
Middle English; akin to Middle High German lūren to lie in wait — more at lower
The first known use of lurk was in the 14th century
lusciousadjective
having a delicious taste or smell
luscious berries
appealing to the senses : delightful
lurkverb
to stay in or about a place secretly
to move quietly and secretly
to lie concealedespecially: to be a hidden threat
1 That meant Mrs. Kennedy was lurking somewhere nearby.
2 The store was rushing around me in dark streams and fading colors as I ran, but I wasn’t afraid of what was lurking there, not now.
3 Finally hunger and thirst drove me out; when I stood up I found my mother lurking in the doorway, waiting for me.
4 Engrossed in conversation, they never saw the man lurking on the other side of the street in front of the hotel.
5 But I was used to finding something deadly in things that attracted me; there was always something deadly lurking in anything I wanted, anything I loved.
6 Percy and his allies had destroyed the worst Titan, Kronos, but even his remains might be down here somewhere—a billion angry Titan particles floating through the blood-colored clouds or lurking in that dark fog.
7 Danger lurks in that quiet river.
在那条静静的河里潜伏着危险.
8 I mean, sharing space with a man who carried my bloody socks around with him was freaky enough, but I could feel something else lurking behind those socks.
9 Hidden behind a locked door can lurk something nasty, something terrifying; an alien presence, even from within.
隐藏在一扇紧锁的门背后,可能潜伏着肮脏、可怖;甚至门内可能藏着外星生物。
10 He was already thinking about the role America’s scientists might play in the world war lurking on the horizon.
11 There is something very disturbing about thinking of what lurks in the shadows of the forest.
树林深处潜伏的东西让人一想起来就觉得不安.
12 After our thirteenth birthday, we moved on from using our teacup dogs and the stray teacup cats that lurk on the grounds to enlisting our servants as subjects of our beauty work.
13 At 6 th level a lurk can add her intelligence bonus on her initiative checks.
达到6级后,潜伏者可以将她的智力调整值添加到选择的技能项上.
14 It is handy for killing rattlesnakes, which lurk in the long grass that has all but swallowed the town.
这把锄头可以很方便的杀死那些潜伏在几乎掩盖了整个城镇的长草里的眼镜蛇。
15 At night, danger lurks in these streets.
夜晚这些街上隐藏着危险。
16 On this occasion, I can remember lurking in the corridor outside the nursery while the operation was going on.
17 Harry nodded, but he couldn’t shake off a lurking feeling that there was something he’d forgotten to do, something important.
18 A man in his early forties, tall like nearly everyone on the boat ramp, he wore horn-rimmed spectacles behind which lurked sharp, penetrating eyes.
19 He knew the guards liked to lurk in dark doorways, invisible as ravens at night in their black suits.
20 I used to lurk timidly in the kitchen doorway and watch his huge body sitting slumped at the table.
1 潜在
potential underlying prospective latent possible underneath dormant seminal subliminal latency potentially
2 欺诈
false phoney double-dealing hanky-panky scam trick fiddle gag dishonesty swindle guile duplicity baloney flimflam shenanigan covin dupe beguile gazump job screw twist pluck on the cross confidence fraudulent deceitful trumped-up dodgery kanky-panky practice cross lie shift fraud cheat deception juggle sham gouge gull deceit falsity humbug flam skullduggery skulduggery fraudulence jugglery humbuggery fox deceive chisel rogue jockey eyewash false pretenses
4 伺机
6 欺骗
double-tongued funny prestigious cheating delusive gyp tricksy trickish flamdoodle suck-in have do sell kid pass trick false fraud cheat rig bluff juggle delusion hoax deceit trickery wile swindle charlatan gaff stealing subterfuge circumvention indirection gammon hocus imposture hokum skullduggery skulduggery hocus-pocus trickiness flimflam roguery cozen flivver shenanigan jiggery-pokery jugglery humbuggery dupery swizz swiz chouse inveracity thimblerig yentz string impose fox deceive gag two-time spoof duff illude double-clock horn-swoggle take job short green beat lie burn abuse smoke hook bite spin trim palm fool rim stall gum bitch hustle hum fiddle jockey cog dope skunk doodle dupe fob gull defraud victimize lurch delude jive bamboozle flam euchre double-cross razzle-dazzle cully gold-brick befool take-in leg-pull skin game double cross monkey business cross-up hoky-poky plant curve twist shaft illusion bob deception sham trimming gouge bop mace shuck barney bunco eyewash falseness legerdemain hanky-panky rinky-dink chicane cooch chiz hokey-pokey gloze rort hokeypokey cootch shit boodle practice ring bull grease fudge bam dipsy-doodle banter diddle cold-deck gazoozle fainaigue make work catch stick cross jump cream dish screw hose bucket hype mock Jew sucker buffalo mislead bunk deacon nick chisel ream snooker mystify short-change slicker beguile frig fop jink gudgeon trepan hornswoggle gyppo double-X make game of bludge on play the rogue slip one over on put it over on have a game with play the fool with a clean shave run a sandy on on the earhole givethe business string on throw a curve on the fiddle give short change come it play games with
8 悄悄移动
11 偷偷行走
12 花招
game device trick gag gimmick manoeuvre ploy wheeze wiles skulduggery hocus-pocus hanky-panky manoeuvring sleight of hand
13 潜伏处
14 工作
operating yakka work place business number job activity performance operation task lay labor employment enterprise working affair occupation lookout undertaking graft thrift billet ploy caper functionate function operate do yoke
15 妙计
16 不知不觉的
17 偷偷地
19 暗暗
20 隐藏
dark obscure secretion concealment hide disguise secrete dissimulate in hiding under wraps lie low close cryptic crypto- hiding enshroud bottle conceal stash veil smuggle envelop seclude dissemble put out of sight hole up
21 埋伏
ambush ambuscade wait trap stakeout bushwhack lie in ambush lay wait for lay for couch lie in wait snook
22 偷偷摸摸
23 诡计
wile device shift craft scheme trick trap fraud fake rig scam fetch ruse flanker subterfuge stratagem humbug scheming chicanery hocus-pocus chicane swifty shenanigans sleight swiftie catch cheat intrigue dodge shuffle deceit trickery skulduggery wangle flimflam blague shenanigan game con sting deception gag machination artifice wiles dipsy-doodle practice art engine double angle curve maneuver gimmick cunning wheeze curveball contrivance wimple jiggery-pokery underplot
24 藏匿处
25 闲逛
wander potter toddle roaming walkabout saunter meander ramble loiter tootle hack around lounge about lounge around potter about walk around
26 隐匿
27 潜藏
28 潜伏
delitescent fallow unawakened delitescence latency incubation hide burrow incubate smolder skulk couch hide up hide away hide out insidious hidden dormant latent snake in the grass conceal oneself quiescent go to ground lie dormant inactive incubational masked perdue perdu concealment lurch dormancy abscondence harbor harbour abscond undercurrent tunnel hit the mattress lie at the lurch