stalk

noun

/stɔːk/

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a thin stem that supports a leaf, flower or fruit and joins it to another part of the plant or tree; the main stem of 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。
Topics Plants and treesc2
a long, thin structure that supports something, 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。

词源noun Middle English: probably a diminutive of dialect stale ‘rung of a ladder, long handle’.

stalk

verb

/stɔːk/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they stalk	/stɔːk/ /stɔːk/
he / she / it stalks	/stɔːks/ /stɔːks/
past simple stalked	/stɔːkt/ /stɔːkt/
past participle stalked	/stɔːkt/ /stɔːkt/
-ing form stalking	/ˈstɔːkɪŋ/ /ˈstɔːkɪŋ/

[transitive, intransitive] stalk (something/somebody) 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。
[transitive] stalk somebody to illegally follow and watch somebody 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。
Topics Crime and punishmentc2
[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。
- The actress stalked out of a press conference when asked if she had a weight problem.当被问及是否有体重问题时，这位女演员大步走出了新闻发布会。
- Snatching up her bag, she stalked out of the room.她抓起包，大步走出房间。
[transitive, intransitive] stalk (something) 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般地打楼里走过，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。

词源verb late Old English -stealcian (in bistealcian ‘walk cautiously or stealthily’), of Germanic origin; related to steal.