prowler

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɹaʊlə/    美 /ˈpɹaʊlɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who roves about for prey; one who prowls.
    — House Prees and Bloods […] were everywhere to be seen in earnest colloquy. For the matter was, that there was some sort of night-prowler about the school grounds.
  2. A person who moves stealthily around a place with intention to commit a crime, especially burglary or theft.
    — Discourage nighttime prowlers by installing motion-sensitive lights.

词形变化

prowlers plural

词源

Etymology tree
English prowl
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English prowler
From prowl + -er.
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