stalk
US: /ˈstɔk/
UK: /stˈɔːk/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
stalk /stɔ:k/- danh từ
- (thực vật học) thân (cây); cuống (hoa...)
- (động vật học) cuống (tiểu não...); thân (lông vũ...)
- chân (cốc uống rượu)
- (kiến trúc) vật trang trí hình thân cây
- ống khói cao (nhà máy...)
- dáng đi oai vệ, dáng đi hiên ngang
- sự đi lén theo (thú săn, kẻ địch...)
- nội động từ
- đi đứng oai vệ, dáng đi hiên ngang
- lén theo thú săn, đuổi theo thú săn; lén theo kẻ địch, đuổi theo kẻ địch
- ngoại động từ
- lén theo, đuổi theo (thú săn, kẻ địch...)
- đi hiên ngang qua (nơi nào)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 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: flowers on long stalks + celery stalks + He ate the apple, stalk and all.
2 a long thin structure that supports sth, especially an organ in some animals, and joins it on to another part: Crabs and lobsters have eyes on stalks.
+ verb
1 to move slowly and quietly towards an animal or a person, in order to kill, catch or harm it or them: [VN] The lion was stalking a zebra. + He stalked his victim as she walked home, before attacking and robbing her. [also V]
2 [VN] to illegally follow and watch sb over a long period of time, in a way that is annoying or frightening: She claimed that he had been stalking her over a period of three years.
3 [V +adv./prep.] to walk in an angry or proud way: He stalked off without a word. + The actress stalked out of a press conference when asked if she had a weight problem.
4 (written) to move through a place in an unpleasant or threatening way: [VN] The gunmen stalked the building, looking for victims. + (figurative) Fear stalks the streets of the city at night. [also V]
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
follow, dog, haunt, shadow, trail, track (down), hunt (down), pursue, hound, chase, Colloq tail:
The leopard stalked its prey in complete silence.
n.
stem, trunk, cane, main axis, leaf-stalk, shaft, spike:
The leaves cluster at the very top, leaving the entire stalk of the plant bare.
Concise dictionary
stalks|stalked|stalkingstɔːknoun
+material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
+a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
+a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush
+the act of following prey stealthily
+a stiff or threatening gait
verb
+walk stiffly
+follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
+go through (an area) in search of prey
