英语词汇“skulk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINskulk

Origin:

1100-1200 From a Scandinavian language

VERB TABLE

skulk

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	skulk
	he, she, it	skulks
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	skulked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have skulked
	he, she, it	has skulked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had skulked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will skulk
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have skulked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am skulking
	he, she, it	is skulking
	you, we, they	are skulking
Past	I, he, she, it	was skulking
	you, we, they	were skulking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been skulking
	he, she, it	has been skulking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been skulking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be skulking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been skulking

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

But Sergia believed that you would be fearful, would skulk in space beyond the planet.
He saw the occasional pheasant and partridge winging rapidly away beneath him, or skulking in the brown grass and bracken.
If there was more than one person skulking there, then he wanted to know about it.
She would not be reduced to skulking in the back room of her own shop.
You want some weirdo skulking around the aisles, spraying toxic chemicals all over the place?

Longman Language Activatorto hide yourself► hide

to go somewhere where you cannot be easily found or seen: · Dad's coming. Quick - hide!hide under/behind/in etc: · Dale hid behind some garbage cans in the alley until the men passed.· The cat always hides under the bed when we have visitors.hide from: · Why is he hiding from us? Is he afraid?

► go into hiding

to go to a safe place where you can hide for a long time because you are in danger or because the police are looking for you: · He went into hiding soon after the government denounced him.· Police believe the robbers have gone into hiding.

► lie low

to hide from people who are trying to catch you, and to make sure you do not attract any attention until it is safe to come out: · If you don't want to go back to jail, you'd better lie low for a while.· Weaver had been lying low at his sister's apartment for the past week.

► hole up

to hide somewhere and not go out at all, especially because the police are looking for you: · We were all planning to hole up till the trouble blew over.hole up in/on etc something: · The gang holed up in a cheap hotel for a few weeks.be holed up in/on etc something: · The FBI believes that Richards is holed up on an estate in Colombia.

► stow away

to hide in a ship in order to travel to a place without being noticed and without paying: · With no money, his only hope of getting to New York was to stow away on the next ship.· Customs officials discovered several illegal immigrants stowed away at the front of the ship.

► conceal yourself

formal to hide yourself carefully so that you cannot be seen: · When police arrived, Black made no effort to hide or conceal herself.conceal yourself in/beneath/behind etc: · It was easy for the man to conceal himself in the museum before closing time.conceal yourself from: · Many spiders spin special webs to conceal themselves from danger.

► lie in wait

to hide in a place in order to attack or stop someone you know will come there: · The tank commander feared there might be enemy soldiers lying in wait in the hills up ahead.lie in wait for: · Aitkins lay in wait for his victims and shot them as they walked toward their front door.

► lurk/skulk

to wait or move around in a particular area while trying not to be seen, especially because you are going to do something wrong or something you do not want other people to know about: · Who's that skulking over there?lurk/skulk around/about: · Police received reports of a man lurking around the neighborhood.lurk/skulk in/behind/under etc: · I'm sure I saw someone lurking in the bushes just now.· He skulked along the street, looking this way and that to see if anyone was following him.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► around

· If only she could have seen me skulking around at Cliff Top, the very picture of melancholy.· After skulking around for half an hour I spotted a kestrel in a tree nearby.