stalk /stɔːk/ CET6 ( stalking, stalked, stalks )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The stalk of a flower, leaf, or fruit is the thin part that joins it to the plant or tree. (花、叶、果实与植株相连的) 柄; 梗

  例：

  A single pale blue flower grows up from each joint on a long stalk.

  一根长梗的每个节上都长出了一朵淡蓝色的花。

• 2. 

  V-T If you stalk a person or a wild animal, you follow them quietly in order to kill them, catch them, or observe them carefully. 悄悄跟踪

  例：

  He stalks his victims like a hunter after a deer.

  他像猎人跟踪鹿一样悄悄跟踪他的受害者们。

• 3. 

  V-T If someone stalks someone else, especially a famous person or a person they used to have a relationship with, they keep following them or contacting them in an annoying and frightening way. 骚扰; 纠缠

  例：

  Even after their divorce he continued to stalk and threaten her.

  甚至在他们离婚后，他继续纠缠并恐吓她。