- 1鬼鬼祟祟地躲、潛伏（帶「怕被發現、可能沒安好心」的意思）
To skulk is to hide, or to move about quietly, hoping not to be noticed — especially when you are up to something you should not be doing.
To skulk skulk這個字 is is to hide意思是躲起來 or to move about quietly或悄悄地移動 hoping not to be noticed希望不被發現 especially when尤其是當 you are up to something你在做 you should not be doing一些不該做的事的時候
A cat skulks in the bushes, waiting for a bird. A person might skulk in a doorway, or skulk around the back of a building.
A cat貓 skulks會鬼鬼祟祟地躲 in the bushes在灌木叢裡 waiting for a bird等著抓鳥 A person人 might skulk也可能這樣鬼祟地躲 in a doorway在門口 or或 skulk around the back of a building躲在建築物後面
The word already carries a guilty or feeling; if you only mean “walk quietly,” sneak or creep is kinder.
The word這個字 already carries本身就帶有 a guilty or unfriendly feeling一種心虛或不懷好意的感覺 if you only mean如果你只是想說 "walk quietly"「安靜地走」 sneak or creep is kinder用sneak或creep比較溫和
Shy people hang back; skulking people are hiding, often with a plan.
Shy people害羞的人 hang back只是躲在後面 skulking people鬼鬼祟祟躲著的人 are hiding是在躲 often with a plan而且通常有企圖
There is a noun too: a skulk can mean that kind of secret hanging-around, and a group of foxes is sometimes called a skulk, though rarely need that. It is a little more a story-word than a chat-word; in speech people often just say hide or sneak around.
There is a noun too還有一個名詞用法 a skulk a skulk can mean可以指 that kind of secret hanging-around那種偷偷摸摸躲著的行為 and而且 a group of foxes一群狐狸 is sometimes called有時候也叫做 a skulk a skulk though learners rarely need that不過學生很少需要用到這個 It is它 a little more a story-word than a chat-word比較是故事裡的字而不是聊天用語 in speech people often just say口語裡人們常常直接說 hide or sneak around hide或sneak around
core核心畫面
組成From Middle English sculke / skulken, of North Germanic origin. Compare Danish skulke, “to shirk,” and Swedish skolka, “to play truant.” The old cluster of meanings sits near hiding and dodging duties.
原始詞典資料9 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。
skulknoun/skʌlk/
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A group of foxes.
- A skulk of foxes, a cowardice of curs are tonight’s traffic whispering in the yards and lanes.
- A skulk of fox padded daintily over a stream-slashed meadow, and a herd of deer like iron ornaments stood stock still in their winter pelage.
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A group of people seen as being fox-like (e.g. cunning, dishonest, or having nefarious plans).
- […] a skulk of priests flapped out of the Church of San Geronimo, and women kneeling at novena put away their beads […]
- The law was served by a skulk of informers, who traded their whispers to the royal foresters and woodwards, who gilded their tales for the verderers and regarders, who presented the guilty to the forest Justices.
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The act of skulking.
- A part of their company, who had been sent out on a skulk, had not returned, and great anxiety was felt lest they had fallen into an ambush and been captured.
- There was only the danger that his horse might lame himself in the night; but then he could go back in the hills and make a skulk on foot.
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The act of skulking.
- His gait was something between a slouch and a skulk.
- Romen had developed a kind of strut to replace his former skulk.
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The act of skulking.
- [They took] good care […] to swing their hammocks as far abaft as possible, for the twofold purpose of having a skulk in their watch below at night, and to keep clear of the sprays, which usually pour down the gratings […]
- “This nonsense won’t do for me, you know; if you want a skulk, you had better pack off back to the house.”
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obsoletegovernmentmilitarynauticalOne who avoids an obligation or responsibility.
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- "I shall do my duty, Mr. Jackson," replied Newton, "and fear no consequences." / "Indeed! you saw how I settled a skulk just now;—beware of his fate!"
skulkverb/skʌlk/
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To stay where one cannot be seen, conceal oneself (often in a cowardly way or with the intent of doing harm).
- Is whispering nothing? Is leaning cheek to cheek? is meeting noses? Kissing with inside lip? stopping the career Of laughing with a sigh?—a note infallible Of breaking honesty—horsing foot on foot? Skulking in corners? wishing clocks more swift?
- Discover’d and defeated of your Prey, You sculk’d behind the Fence, and sneak’d away.
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To move in a stealthy or furtive way; to come or go while trying to avoid detection.
- The residue like vnto the bare arssed rebels sculked to and fro; but in the end, they and the others were all dispersed, & durst not to appeare.
- He has been seen with her, by one whom he would not know, at Cuper’s Gardens; dressed like a Sea-officer, and skulking, like a thief, into the privatest walks of the place.
- 3
To avoid an obligation or responsibility.
- Let discipline employ her wholesome arts, Let magistrates alert perform their parts, Not skulk or put on a prudential mask, As if their duty were a desp’rate task;
- They are paid about three shillings a day for ten hours’ work—it is hard work, especially in windy weather, and there is no skulking, for an inspector comes round frequently to see that the men are on their beats.
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