- A stalk is a long, vertical stem or connecting part of a plant. When you eat celery, do you like the inner stalks, which are paler and more tender, or the tough outer ones?
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- n. 茎，秆；
- v. 跟踪，潜近；气走；令人厌恶地穿过
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1. flowers on long stalks
长茎上的花
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2. celery stalks
芹菜茎
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3. He ate the apple, stalk and all.
他把那个苹果吃了个干净，连梗都没剩下。
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4. Crabs have eyes on stalks.
螃蟹的眼睛长在肉柄上。
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5. The lion was stalking a zebra.
狮子偷偷接近斑马。
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6. 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。
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7. 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。
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8. He stalked off without a word.
他一言未发，怒冲冲地走了。
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9. The gunmen stalked the building, looking for victims.
这些持枪歹徒凶神恶煞地打楼里走过，寻找袭击的目标。
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10. 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。
- 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- (source also of 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.
- 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 / stɔːk ; NAmE stɔːk / noun , verb stalk stalks stalked stalking noun 1 a thin stemthat supports a leaf, flower or fruit and joins it to another part of the plant or tree; the main stemof a plant （叶）柄；（花）梗；（果实的）柄；（植物的）茎，秆 ◆ flowers on long stalks 长茎上的花 ◆ celery stalks 芹菜茎 ◆ He ate the apple, stalk and all. 他把那个苹果吃了个干净，连梗都没剩下。 2 a long thin structure that supports sth, especially an organ in some animals, and joins it on to another part 柄；（动物的）肉柄，肉茎 ◆ Crabs have eyes on stalks. 螃蟹的眼睛长在肉柄上。 verb 1 [transitive , intransitive ] stalk(sth/sb) to move slowly and quietly towards an animal or a person, in order to kill, catch or harm it or them 偷偷接近，潜近（猎物或人） ◆ The lion was stalking a zebra. 狮子偷偷接近斑马。 ◆ 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。 2 [transitive ] stalksb to illegally follow and watch sb over a long period of time, in a way that is annoying or frightening （非法）跟踪，盯梢 ◆ 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。 3 [intransitive ] + adv./prep. to walk in an angry or proud way 怒冲冲地走；趾高气扬地走 ◆ He stalked off without a word. 他一言未发，怒冲冲地走了。 4 [transitive , intransitive ] stalk(sth) to move through a place in an unpleasant or threatening way 令人厌恶地穿过；威胁地通过 ◆ The gunmen stalked the building, looking for victims. 这些持枪歹徒凶神恶煞地打楼里走过，寻找袭击的目标。 ◆ ( 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。 stalk / stɔːk ; NAmE stɔːk /
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