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stalk 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/stôk/,
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stalks, plural;
  1. Pursue or approach stealthily
    • - a cat stalking a bird
  2. Harass or persecute (someone) with unwanted and obsessive attention
    • - for five years she was stalked by a man who would taunt and threaten her
  3. Move silently or threateningly through (a place)
    • - the tiger stalks the jungle
    • - fear stalked the camp
  4. Stride somewhere in a proud, stiff, or angry manner
    • - without another word she turned and stalked out
Noun
  1. A stealthy pursuit of someone or something

  2. A stiff, striding gait


  1. chaff: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
  2. walk stiffly
  3. a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
  4. haunt: follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
  5. a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
  6. go through (an area) in search of prey; "stalk the woods for deer"
  7. The stalk of a sheaf is a mathematical construction capturing the behaviour of a sheaf around a given point.
  8. (Stalks) Stalking is a term commonly used to refer to unwanted, obsessive attention by individuals (and sometimes groups of people) to others. Stalking behaviors are related to harassment and intimidation. ...
  9. The longish piece that supports the seed-carrying parts of a plant; To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer; To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment
  10. (Stalks) the stem or main axis of a plant
  11. (Stalks) This term refers to the small stalks and twigs which are picked with the tea and not sifted out during production. The Japanese Kukicha (Kokeicha) variety consists entirely of stalks which are roasted before use.
  12. That portion of the rotating structure of a turret that extends down into the ship.
  13. The thick stem that rises above the ground and ends in the flower.
  14. to attend a dance party at the Stalking Horse bar in Federal Hill
  15. A leaf's petiole; the slender stem that supports the blade of a leaf and attaches it to a larger stem of the plant.
  16. describes teas with presence of red stalk pieces from a hard plucking
  17. To creep silently and slowly towards something without being seen.
  18. 1. A short plant stem which leaves, flowers, or fruit grow on. 2. The main trunk of a mushroom.
  19. A short supporting axis of a plant, as between a stem and the base of a leaf, as between the root crown and the point where multiple branches diverge. Often used as equivalent of axis or branch or stem.
  20. the stem of a leaf, flower or moss capsule.
  21. When an animal sneaks up on another to attack it, we say that it stalks its prey. So, if a tiger is sneaking up on a boar, we say that it is stalking its prey.
  22. (loosely) any support organ (e.g. stem, petiole, peduncle).
  23. Harass or persecute someone with unwanted, obsessive attention.
  24. (stawk) A stem. Usually refers to the pituitary stalk that connects the pituitary gland to the hypothalamus.
  25. and STIPE refer to the same thing; STIPE is a more correct term than STALK.