| 单词 | stalking |
| 释义 | stalking (once / 2684 pages) n Stalking is the act of following someone or something very closely and watching its every move. If you're a very famous movie star, it's quite likely that someone is stalking you even as you read this sentence! The verb to stalk means to pursue carefully, and often stealthily. It was originally used to describe hunters following their prey and waiting for the precise moment to attack. In its more recent, colloquial use, stalk and its gerund form stalking, refer to the act of pursuing a person, often because you have an unhealthy obsession with them. Stalking your ex-girlfriend to see if she’s dating someone may seem like a good idea, but it’s unwise and illegal! WORD FAMILYstalking: stalkings+/stalk: stalked, stalker, stalking, stalkless, stalks/stalker: stalkers USAGE EXAMPLESAnd with robots stalking our jobs, that's probably just as well. BBC(Dec 19, 2016) The most serious of the new charges against the 20-year-old Cook are felony stalking charges. Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) Following the UK government's announcement of measures it hopes will help protect victims of stalking, she contacted the BBC with her experiences. BBC(Dec 09, 2016) 1n the act of following prey stealthily Syn|Hyper stalk chase, following, pursual, pursuit the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture 2n a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush Syn|Hypo|Hyper stalk, still hunt deerstalking stalking deer hunt, hunting the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts |
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