1. 1夜間潛行者(潛伏在住宅附近、意圖嚇人、傷人或偷竊)

    A prowler is a person who moves quietly around, often at night, near homes — following, hiding, looking for a way in, or trying to , harm, or steal. News reports use it for someone seen lurking in a garden or street after dark. It carries a threat: this person should not be there. It comes from prowl, to walk slowly and quietly, like an animal hunting. Not every night walker is a prowler. A neighbour walking the dog is not one; someone slipping between houses is.

core核心畫面

組成prowl + -er: a person who prowls.

同家族的字

  • prowlthe verb: to move quietly, often with a bad purpose

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

prowlernoun/ˈpɹaʊlɚ/

  • 1

    One who roves about for prey; one who prowls.

    • House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.
  • 2

    A person who moves stealthily around a place with intention to commit a crime, especially burglary or theft.

    • Discourage nighttime prowlers by installing motion-sensitive lights.
    • “I was under the impression that a prowler had broken in and killed my baby. Never did they say that it was a deputy-involved shooting until my brother read it on the internet,” Wilburn said.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。