English Dictionary

lurk

/lɜːk/

verb

To remain concealed in order to ambush. / To remain unobserved. / To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.

The predator lurked in the shadows, waiting for its prey.

意味（1）

To remain concealed in order to ambush.

Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.

意味（2）

To remain unobserved.

Thus my plight was evil indeed, for I had nothing now to burn to give me light, and knew that 'twas no use setting to grout till I could see to go about it. Moreover, the darkness was of that black kind that is never found beneath the open sky, no, not even on the darkest night, but lurks in close and covered places and strains the eyes in trying to see into it.

意味（3）

To hang out or wait around a location, preferably without drawing attention to oneself.

if we find the sophist lurking, we must round him up by royal command of the argument

意味（4）

(Internet slang) To read an Internet forum without posting comments or making one's presence apparent.

意味（5）

(UK, naval slang, transitive) To saddle (a person) with an undesirable task or duty.

As junior dogsbody, he was lurked with this mission.