stalknoun詞源 1/stɔːk/

• 1

  The stem or main axis of a plant.

  • a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats;  the stalks of maize or hemp
  • Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
• 2

  The petiole, pedicel, or peduncle of a plant.

  • grape stalks
• 3

  Something resembling the stalk of a plant, such as the stem of a quill.

  • they appear to be made up of little Bladders , like those in the Plume or Stalk of a Quill
• 4

  architectureAn ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.

• 5

  One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.

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  biologynatural-scienceszoologyA stem or peduncle, as in certain barnacles and crinoids.

• 7

  biologynatural-scienceszoologyThe narrow basal portion of the abdomen of a hymenopterous insect.

• 8

  biologynatural-scienceszoologyThe peduncle of the eyes of decapod crustaceans.

stalkverb詞源 2/stɔːk/

• 1

  To approach slowly and quietly in order not to be discovered when getting closer.

  • As for shooting a man from behind a wall, it is cruelly like to stalking a deer.
  • But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
• 2

  To (try to) follow or contact someone constantly, often resulting in harassment.ᵂᵖ

  • My ex-girlfriend is stalking me.
  • villages stalked by the threat of famine
• 3

  To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.

  • [Bertran] stalks close behind her, like a witch's fiend, / Pressing to be employed.
  • O ay, stalk on, stalk on, the fowl sits
• 4

  To walk behind something, such as a screen, for the purpose of approaching game; to proceed under cover.

  • The king[…]crept under the shoulder of his led horse;[…]"I must stalk," said he.
  • One underneath his horse, to get a shoot doth stalk.
• 5

  Of a person's social media activity: to look through thoroughly or obsessively; to keep tabs on, generally avoiding contact.

  • Coordinate term: lurk
  • Hate when I'm stalking someone's Insta and I like one of their old pics. Makes me wanna burrow underground n' hibernate for a season or two.

stalknoun詞源 2/stɔːk/

• 1

  A particular episode of trying to follow or contact someone.

• 2

  The hunting of a wild animal by stealthy approach.

  • When the stalk was over (the antelope took alarm and ran off before I was within rifle shot) I came back.

stalkverb詞源 3/stɔːk/

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  To walk haughtily.

  • With manly mien he stalked along the ground.
  • Then stalking through the deep, / He fords the ocean.

stalknoun詞源 3/stɔːk/

• 1

  A haughty style of walking.