HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEto hide or move about secretly, trying not to be noticed, especially when you are intending to do something bad 〔尤指为了不良企图而〕躲藏,潜伏;鬼鬼祟祟地走动SYN lurk
skulk about/around/in etc
He was still skulking around outside when they left the building.
skulk about/around/in etc• As he argued it, he had no option but to skulk inalleys.• If only she could have seen me skulking around at CliffTop, the very picture of melancholy.• After skulking around for half an hour I spotted a kestrel in a treenearby.• But Sergia believed that you would be fearful, would skulk in space beyond the planet.• You want some weirdo skulking around the aisles, spraying toxic chemicals all over the place?• She would not be reduced to skulking in the back room of her own shop.• He saw the occasional pheasant and partridge winging rapidly away beneath him, or skulking in the brown grass and bracken.• But there they were in Brentford, lounging on corners or skulking about up alleyways.