英汉词典

stalk 基本解释

• n. （植物的）茎，秆；（支持叶子、果实和花的）梗，柄；追踪；高视阔步
• vt. 追踪，潜近；高视阔步
• vi. 高视阔步地走；潜近，偷偷接近

stalk 词态变化

stalk 中文词源

来自中古英语 stalke,小杆，小柱，小词形式于 stale,来自古英语 stalu,直柱，立柱，来自 Proto-Germanic*stallaz,放置，固定位置，来自 PIE*stel,放置，站立，词源同 stall,stand.引申 词义叶柄，花茎等。

可能来自 steal,偷，偷偷摸摸，-k,表强调，比较 hear,hark,tell,talk.引申词义跟踪，盯梢等。

stalk 英文词源

stalk

stalk: English has two distinct words stalk. The noun, ‘plant stem’ [14], probably originated as a diminutive form of the now extinct stale ‘long handle’, a word distantly related to Greek steleá ‘handle’. The verb, ‘track stealthily’ [OE], goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *stalkōjan, which was formed from the same base as produced English steal. The sense ‘walk haughtily’, diametrically opposed to ‘track stealthily’, emerged in the 16th century.

stalk (n.)

"stem of a plant," early 14c., probably a diminutive (with -k suffix) of stale "one of the uprights of a ladder, handle, stalk," from Old English stalu "wooden part" (of a tool or instrument), from Proto-Germanic *stalla- (cognates: Old English steala "stalk, support," steall "place"), from PIE *stol-no-, suffixed form of *stol-, variant of root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)). Of similar structures in animals from 1826.

stalk (v.1)

"pursue stealthily," Old English -stealcian, as in bestealcian "to steal along, walk warily," from Proto-Germanic *stalkon, frequentative of PIE *stel-, possibly a variant of *ster- (3) "to rob, steal" (see steal (v.)). Compare hark/hear, talk/tell). In another view the Old English word might be from a sense of stalk (v.1), influenced by stalk (n.). Meaning "harass obsessively" first recorded 1991. Related: Stalked; stalking.

A stalking-horse in literal use was a horse draped in trappings and trained to allow a fowler to conceal himself behind it to get within range of the game; figurative sense of "person who participates in a proceeding to disguise its real purpose" is recorded from 1610s.

stalk (v.2)

"walk haughtily" (nearly the opposite meaning of stalk (v.1)), 1520s, perhaps from stalk (n.) with a notion of "long, awkward strides," or from Old English stealcung "a stalking, act of going stealthily," related to stealc "steep, lofty."

stalk 英文释义

1. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

2. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

3. a hunt for game carried on by stalking or waiting in ambush

4. the act of following prey stealthily

5. a stiff or threatening gait

stalk 双语例句

1. Once again there'stalk of very dark days ahead.

又有传言说以后的日子会非常艰难。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The lion will often stalk its prey for hours.

狮子经常悄然跟踪猎物达几个小时。

来自《权威词典》

3. A sesame stalk puts forth blossoms notch by notch, higher and higher.

芝麻开花节节高.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Police officers lie in wait for the gangs who stalk their prey at night.

警察设伏等待那些在晚上跟踪目标伺机作案的歹徒。

来自柯林斯例句

stalk 实用场景例句

flowers on long stalks

长茎上的花

牛津词典

celery stalks

芹菜茎

牛津词典

He ate the apple, stalk and all.

他把那个苹果吃了个干净，连梗都没剩下。

牛津词典

Crabs have eyes on stalks.

螃蟹的眼睛长在肉柄上。

牛津词典

The lion was stalking a zebra.

狮子偷偷接近斑马。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

He stalked off without a word.

他一言未发，怒冲冲地走了。

牛津词典

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。

牛津词典

(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。

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...corn stalks.

玉米秆

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Traditional wheat stalk patch works of wonderful workmanship are regarded as the acme of perfection.

传统工艺麦秆画,巧夺天工,令人叹为观止.

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The stalk of mushroom or toadstool , which bears the cap or pileus.

菌柄:蘑菇或伞菌结构的一部分,其上着生菌盖.

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The effect of pretreatment on improving chemical pulping of whole cotton stalk was studied.

对预处理改进全棉秆化学法制浆进行了研究.

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Filament 1 . The stalk of the stamen bearing the anther in angiosperms.

花丝:1.被子植物中,雄蕊支撑花药的柄.

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The pulpability of sweet sorghum stalk after pressing sugar juice was investigated in this paper.

甜高粱秆液态发酵中,存在着榨汁难,糖分损失严重等问题.

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As he emerged from his dreaming, he saw the flower stalk grass tree shining with sunlight.

当他从梦中醒来时, 发现树上花梗处闪烁着太阳花.

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A cat found a corn stalk.

一只猫发现了一根玉米秸杆.

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He placed his pack on the ground and began to stalk the birds like a cat.

他在地上放下背包,开始象猫那样蹑手蹑足地来抓鸟.

辞典例句

Paparazzi stalk him at home and trail him in cars.

狗仔队在他家周围潜伏,开车尾随他.

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