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lurk

verb
🔊/lɜːk/
🔊/lɜːrk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they lurk
🔊/lɜːk/
🔊/lɜːrk/
he / she / it lurks
🔊/lɜːks/
🔊/lɜːrks/
past simple lurked
🔊/lɜːkt/
🔊/lɜːrkt/
past participle lurked
🔊/lɜːkt/
🔊/lɜːrkt/
-ing form lurking
🔊/ˈlɜːkɪŋ/
🔊/ˈlɜːrkɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to wait somewhere secretly, especially because you are going to do something bad or illegal（尤指为做不正当的事而）埋伏，潜伏 synonym skulk
    • Why are you lurking around outside my house?你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？🔊🔊
    • A crocodile was lurking just below the surface.有条鳄鱼就潜伏在水面下。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • I felt sure that someone was lurking among the trees.我确定有人在树丛中潜伏。
    • I saw a man lurking in the shadows.我看到一个人潜伏在阴影中。
  2. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) when something unpleasant or dangerous lurks, it is present but not in an obvious way（不好或危险的事）潜在，隐藏着
    • At night, danger lurks in these streets.夜晚这些街上隐藏着危险。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • the darker emotions that lurk beneath the surface潜伏在表面之下的黑暗情绪
    • the fears still lurking in our minds恐惧仍在我们脑海中浮现
    Topics Dangerc2
  3. [intransitive] (computing计算机) to read a discussion in a chat room, etc. on the internet, without taking part in it yourself“潜水”，隐身（在网上聊天室等阅读别人的讨论但不参与其中）Topics Phones, email and the internetc2
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from lour + the frequentative suffix -k (as in talk).

lurk

noun
🔊/lɜːk/
🔊/lɜːrk/
(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)
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  1. a clever trick that is used in order to get something诡计；妙计；花招
    Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from lour + the frequentative suffix -k (as in talk).