Stalk
[stɔːk] or [stɔk]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a stiff or threatening gait.
(noun.) the act of following prey stealthily.
(noun.) a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush.
(noun.) a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ.
(verb.) walk stiffly.
(verb.) go through (an area) in search of prey; 'stalk the woods for deer'.
德洛丽丝整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.
(n.) The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle, of a plant.
(n.) That which resembes the stalk of a plant, as the stem of a quill.
(n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
(n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
(n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids.
(n.) The narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.
(n.) The peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.
(n.) An iron bar with projections inserted in a core to strengthen it; a core arbor.
(v. i.) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner; -- sometimes used with a reflexive pronoun.
(v. i.) To walk behind something as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under clover.
(v. i.) To walk with high and proud steps; usually implying the affectation of dignity, and indicating dislike. The word is used, however, especially by the poets, to express dignity of step.
(v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game.
(n.) A high, proud, stately step or walk.
琼整理
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. [1]. Walk (stealthily).[2]. Stride, strut.
n. Stem, petiole, pedicel, CULM, peduncle.
手打:诺娜
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Stride, promenade, parade, pace, march
ANT:Sneak, crawl, grovel, creep
贝蒂整理
解釋/意思:
n. the stem of a plant: the stem on which a flower or fruit grows: the stem of a quill: the handle of anything the stem: a tall chimney.—p.adj. Stalked having a stalk.—adjs. Stalk′-eyed podophthalmous as a crustacean; Stalk′less having no stalk; Stalk′y hard as a stalk: resembling a stalk.
v.i. to walk as on stilts: to walk with long slow steps: to walk behind a stalking-horse: to pursue game by approaching behind covers.—v.t. to approach secretly in order to kill as deer.—n. a stately step: the pursuit of game by stealthy approach.—ns. Stalk′er one who stalks as a deer-stalker: a kind of fishing-net: (pl.) the Gradatores; Stalk′ing the act of approaching game warily or behind a cover; Stalk′ing-horse a horse behind which a sportsman hides while stalking game: a mask or pretence.
奥罗拉編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- He brought me a lovely tropical parrot in faience, of Dresden ware, also a man ploughing, and two mice climbing up a stalk, also in faience. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Baker remarks, that no animal is more difficult to stalk than the giraffe. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- He walked past the couch to the open window, and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- It had sprung up in the night, or rather early morning, like Jack's bean-stalk. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Fill the bowl of the pipe with small pieces of coal, cover it over with a lump of clay, and then put it into a hot fire, with the stalk of the pipe projecting through the bars. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- He could trace its shadow in the gloom, supply the smallest item of the outline, and note how stiff and solemn it seemed to stalk along. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- It continues to yield a supply for ten or twenty years, this lasting until the flower stalk, or pole, appears, after which the plant soon dies. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Manila hemp is obtained from the leaf stalks of the Philippine plant known as the Abacá, the leaf stems of which are compressed together, and constitute the trunk of the plant. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The reaper to be of real use must dispose of the grain properly as well as shear the stalks. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The threshing-floor still resounds to the flail as the grain is beaten from the heads of the stalks. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- As it was pushed forward, the stalks next the heads came between these sharp teeth and were cut or stripped off into a box attached to and behind the cutter bar and carried by two wheels. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- At the time of cutting the stalks had well-formed but small ears, the kernels of which had largely passed the milk state; that is, the kernels were mostly glazed. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- She boiled the asparagus for an hour and was grieved to find the heads cooked off and the stalks harder than ever. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Though rather lean in the stalks you be a green-leaved old man still. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- And without giving Mr. Pickwick time to offer remonstrance or denial, Mr. Leo Hunter stalked gravely away. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Mr Sampson flew to the excellent lady's back, and followed her up close chair in hand, as she stalked to the banquet. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Tarzan came quietly above the unsuspecting beast and silently stalked him until he came into a little patch of moonlight. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- In a few moments she stalked in again, proclaiming in her heraldic manner, 'Mr Rokesmith is the bearer of a packet for Miss Bella Wilfer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- With those words she stalked out. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Maurice stalked away up the gorge, like a tragedy actor, much to the amusement of Justinian. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Hush, Esmeralda, for the woman's sobs and groans seemed to have attracted the thing that stalked there just beyond the thin wall. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Gerald wanted her to be attached to the household at Shortlands, he was using Winifred as his stalking-horse. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- The step drew nearer, and a guardian in a braided cap walked listlessly through the room like a ghost stalking through a necropolis. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Yes, there was Numa, the lion, even now, stalking the white man a dozen paces to the right. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
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