stalk

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Related topics: Plants, Daily life

stalk1 /stɔːk $ stɒːk/ noun [countableC] → stork

HBPa long narrow part of a plant that supports leaves, fruits, or flowers 〔植物的〕莖，柄，梗

celery stalks

芹菜莖

→4 See picture of 見圖 FRUIT 1 →5 see picture at 見圖 tree

2. DTHIN OBJECT OR MATERIALa thin upright object 柄狀物

3. somebody’s eyes are out on stalks British EnglishBrE informalSURPRISEDSHOCK if your eyes are out on stalks, you are very surprised or shocked 某人眼珠子都要掉出來了〔形容非常吃驚或震驚〕

Examples from the Corpus

stalk• But tonight he would like to have something equivalent to a stalk of bananas to purchase, circa 1910.• The column stalks are fine: indicators, lights and horn on the left, wipers on the right.• Two flowers usually develop on each stalk.• One parent plant can provide up to twenty new ones from four to five stalks during the vegetative period.• If possible, flowers from different floral stalks should be used.• He was now holding long stalks of fresh herbs which he dipped into the Holy Water.• Put the mushrooms to one side and chop the stalks.• Peel and quarter the stalks lengthways.• The next time up the stalk, Jack stole a hen that laid golden eggs.

stalk2 verb

1 [transitiveT]FOLLOW to follow a person or animal quietly in order to catch and attack or kill them 〔爲捉住並襲擊或殺死某人或某動物而〕悄悄地跟蹤，潛近 → shadow

a tiger stalking its prey

一只悄悄跟蹤獵物的老虎

We know the rapist stalks his victims at night.

我們知道那個強奸犯在夜間偷偷地跟蹤受害人。

► see thesaurus at follow →4 See picture of 見圖 MOVEMENT

2 [transitiveT] 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 〔以令人討厭或生畏的方式〕跟蹤，盯梢

She was stalked by an obsessed fan.

她被一名癡迷的崇拜者跟蹤。

3 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]WALK to walk in a proud or angry way, with long steps 〔高傲或氣憤地〕高視闊步地走，大踏步走

stalk out/off/away

Yvonne turned and stalked out of the room in disgust.

伊馮娜轉過身，厭惡地大步走出房間。

4 [transitiveT] literary if something bad stalks a place, you see or feel it everywhere in that place 〔不好的氣氛〕籠罩，蔓延

Fear stalks every dark stairwell and walkway.

恐懼籠罩着每個黑暗的樓梯井和走道。

Examples from the Corpus

stalk• The cats stalked a paper bag.• I stalked amongst the booths and ramshackle dwellings built against the wall.• Crocodiles have been known to actively stalk and kill humans.• Sheffield was forced to move because he was stalked for two to three months early last season.• The killer would stalk his victim, overpower her and then brutally murder her.• The House Committee on Assassinations found in 1978 that you stalked my father for over a year?• She stalked off across the road, her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line.• Polar bears stalk seals that are resting on the ice.• History stalks the Kremlin: Khrushchev fell 25 years ago, and the parallels with today are stark.• Thus stereotypes that had confidently been buried with stakes through their hearts rose up to stalk women once more.• Police are making more effort to catch criminals who stalk women.

stalk out/off/away• Finally, my temper spent, I stalked away.• She stalked off across the road, her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line.• She waited until it had stalked away before picking up the remains of the Geiger-Muller counter and dropping them into the holdall.• She stalks out of the locker room and into a knot of sports reporters.• Yvonne turned and stalked out of the room in disgust.• With that, he stalked out of the room.• Jody stalked off the court looking for the culprits.• She stalked off to her trailer, but he could see by her walk that she was feeling better.• I turned and stalked away to the servants' quarters.

Origin stalk1

(1300-1400) Perhaps from stale “step of a ladder, long handle” ((11-19 centuries)), from Old English stalu

stalk2

Old English bestealcian

stalk1 nounstalk2 verb

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