[N-COUNT 可数名词]茎;秆;柄;梗 The stalk of a flower, leaf, or fruit is the thin part that joins it to the plant or tree.
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A single pale blue flower grows up from each joint on a long stalk.
一条长长的茎秆的每个节上都会长出一朵浅蓝色的花。
...corn stalks.
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[VERB 动词]悄悄跟踪(敌人或野兽) If you stalk a person or a wild animal, you follow them quietly in order to kill them, catch them, or observe them carefully.
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He stalks his victims like a hunter after a deer.
他像猎手跟踪鹿一样悄悄跟踪受害人。
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[VERB 动词]跟踪骚扰,不断纠缠(名人、分手恋人等) If someone stalks someone else, especially a famous person or a person they used to have a relationship with, they keep following them or contacting them in an annoying and frightening way.
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Even after their divorce he continued to stalk and threaten her.
即使在离婚后他仍继续纠缠和威胁她。
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The Home Secretary is considering a new law against stalking.
内务大臣正考虑制定一项针对跟踪骚扰的新法律。
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[VERB 动词]高视阔步;怒气冲冲地走 If you stalk somewhere, you walk there in a stiff, proud, or angry way.
[V adv/prep]
If his patience is tried at meetings he has been known to stalk out.
大家都知道如果他在会议上失去耐心,便会愤怒离席。
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[VERB 动词](死亡、恐惧、罪恶等)笼罩,蔓延,肆虐 If you say that something bad such as death, fear, or evil stalks a place, you mean it is there.
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[LITERARY 文]
The spectre of neo-fascism, as he put it, was stalking the streets of Sofia and other big cities.
用他的话来说,新法西斯主义的幽灵正在索非亚和其他大城市中游荡。
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stalk/stɔːk; NAmEstɔːk/
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stalkstalksstalkedstalkingnoun1a thin stemthat supports a leaf, flower or fruit and joins it to another part of the plant or tree; the main stemof a plant (叶)柄;(花)梗;(果实的)柄;(植物的)茎,秆◆flowers on long stalks长茎上的花◆celery stalks芹菜茎◆He ate the apple, stalk and all.他把那个苹果吃了个干净,连梗都没剩下。2a long thin structure that supports sth, especially an organ in some animals, and joins it on to another part 柄;(动物的)肉柄,肉茎◆Crabs have eyes on stalks.螃蟹的眼睛长在肉柄上。verb1[transitive , intransitive ]stalk(sth/sb) to move slowly and quietly towards an animal or a person, in order to kill, catch or harm it or them 偷偷接近,潜近(猎物或人)◆The lion was stalking a zebra.狮子偷偷接近斑马。◆He stalked his victim as she walked home, before attacking and robbing her.她步行回家时,他偷偷地接近然后下手袭击,并且抢劫了她。2[transitive ]stalksb to illegally follow and watch sb over a long period of time, in a way that is annoying or frightening (非法)跟踪,盯梢◆She claimed that he had been stalking her over a period of three years.她声称,三年来他一直在盯她的梢。3[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.to walk in an angry or proud way 怒冲冲地走;趾高气扬地走◆He stalked off without a word.他一言未发,怒冲冲地走了。4[transitive , intransitive ]stalk(sth) to move through a place in an unpleasant or threatening way 令人厌恶地穿过;威胁地通过◆The gunmen stalked the building, looking for victims.这些持枪歹徒凶神恶煞地打楼里走过,寻找袭击的目标。◆( figurative) Fear stalks the streets of the city at night.夜间,这座城市的大街小巷笼罩着恐怖气氛。stalk/stɔːk; NAmEstɔːk/
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stalkstalk1 /stɔːk $ stɒːk/ noun [countable]
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1stalk (1)a long narrow part of a plant that supports leaves, fruits, or flowers: celery stalks2a thin upright object3somebody’s eyes are out on stalks British English informal if your eyes are out on stalks, you are very surprised or shocked
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1[transitive] to follow a person or animal quietly in order to catch and attack or kill them → shadow: a tiger stalking its prey We know the rapist stalks his victims at night.► see thesaurus at
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2[transitive] to follow and watch someone over a long period of time in a way that is very annoying or threatening, and that is considered a crime in some places: She was stalked by an obsessed fan.3[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk in a proud or angry way, with long stepsstalk out/off/away Yvonne turned and stalked out of the room in disgust.4[transitive] literary if something bad stalks a place, you see or feel it everywhere in that place: Fear stalks every dark stairwell and walkway.
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