Tra từ stalk - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stalking horse
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
long
▪ Description: The leaves are arranged in a rosette, and have very long stalks.
▪ He was now holding long stalks of fresh herbs which he dipped into the Holy Water.
▪ The next leaves are floating ones borne on long stalks.
▪ They are borne on long, green stalks.
▪ The blooms are carried on long stalks and are over an inch across.
▪ Description: This plant has heart-shaped leaves with long stalks, which are olive green and slightly corrugated.
short
▪ The leaves had distinct short stalks, a clue that it was a sessile oak.
▪ These plants have a strong and firm rhizome from which a very short stalk bearing four to seven leaves develops.
▪ These are borne on short stalks.
▪ One of these is Udotea, a fan-like plant that is attached to the bottom by a short stalk.
NOUN
celery
▪ Chop ¼ red pepper, 2 spring onions, 1 celery stalk, 2 cooked new potatoes, cucumber and 2 mushrooms.
▪ Celery root and celery stalks are both edible, as are beets and beet greens.
VERB
chop
▪ Put the mushrooms to one side and chop the stalks.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Two flowers usually develop on each stalk.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But tonight he would like to have something equivalent to a stalk of bananas to purchase, circa 1910.
▪ He was now holding long stalks of fresh herbs which he dipped into the Holy Water.
▪ If possible, flowers from different floral stalks should be used.
▪ One parent plant can provide up to twenty new ones from four to five stalks during the vegetative period.
▪ Peel and quarter the stalks lengthways.
▪ Put the mushrooms to one side and chop the stalks.
▪ The column stalks are fine: indicators, lights and horn on the left, wipers on the right.
▪ The next time up the stalk, Jack stole a hen that laid golden eggs.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADVERB
away
▪ While out ploughing a horseman had noticed a stoat some distance away stalking a rabbit.
▪ Finally, my temper spent, I stalked away.
▪ She waited until it had stalked away before picking up the remains of the Geiger-Muller counter and dropping them into the holdall.
▪ I turned and stalked away to the servants' quarters.
▪ And then he turned and stalked away.
▪ Spinning on her heel, she stalked away with her head in the air.
off
▪ She stalked off across the road, her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line.
▪ Jody stalked off the court looking for the culprits.
▪ Then he spun on his heel and stalked off round the side of the cart.
▪ She stalked off to her trailer, but he could see by her walk that she was feeling better.
▪ After that she stalked off and refused to come near me.
▪ Alistair said, and stalked off, muttering to himself.
▪ She stalked off, leaving Bernice shaken and alone.
▪ She kept blowing her lines and she had finally stalked off the set in a rage.
out
▪ When he stalked out he left her with a motley crew mostly of accountants and lawyers.
▪ She stalks out of the locker room and into a knot of sports reporters.
▪ Without another word she turned and stalked out, leaving him to follow.
▪ With that, he stalked out of the room.
▪ He stalked out and posted it.
NOUN
street
▪ Kong, too, escaped the police and is still, presumably, stalking the streets looking for more victims.
▪ He had two messages for the public and the victims of the killer gangs stalking Ulster's streets.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Crocodiles have been known to actively stalk and kill humans.
▪ Polar bears stalk seals that are resting on the ice.
▪ Police are making more effort to catch criminals who stalk women.
▪ The killer would stalk his victim, overpower her and then brutally murder her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ History stalks the Kremlin: Khrushchev fell 25 years ago, and the parallels with today are stark.
▪ I stalked amongst the booths and ramshackle dwellings built against the wall.
▪ She stalked off across the road, her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line.
▪ Sheffield was forced to move because he was stalked for two to three months early last season.
▪ The cats stalked a paper bag.
▪ The House Committee on Assassinations found in 1978 that you stalked my father for over a year?
▪ Thus stereotypes that had confidently been buried with stakes through their hearts rose up to stalk women once more.

stalk

I. stalk¹ /stɔːk $ stɒːk/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[date : 1300-1400; Origin : Perhaps from stale 'step of a ladder, long handle' (11-19 centuries), from Old English stalu]
1. a long narrow part of a plant that supports leaves, fruits, or flowers:
　 ▪ celery stalks

2. a thin upright object

3. sb’s eyes are out on stalks
British English informal if your eyes are out on stalks, you are very surprised or shocked

II. stalk² verb
[Language : Old English; Origin : bestealcian]
1. [TRANSITIVE]
to follow a person or animal quietly in order to catch and attack or kill them ⇨ shadow:
　 ▪ a tiger stalking its prey
　 ▪ We know the rapist stalks his victims at night.

2. [TRANSITIVE]
to follow and watch someone over a long period of time in a way that is very annoying or threatening, and that is considered a crime in some places:
　 ▪ She was stalked by an obsessed fan.

3. [INTRANSITIVE ALWAYS + ADVERB/PREPOSITION]
to walk in a proud or angry way, with long steps
stalk out/off/away
　 ▪ Yvonne turned and stalked out of the room in disgust.

4. [TRANSITIVE]
literary if something bad stalks a place, you see or feel it everywhere in that place:
　 ▪ Fear stalks every dark stairwell and walkway.
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THESAURUS
▪follow to walk, drive etc behind or after someone, for example in order to see where they are going :
　 ▪ The man had followed her home to find out where she lived.
　 ▪ Follow that car!
　 ▪ He hired a detective to follow her.
▪chase to quickly run or drive after someone or something in order to catch them when they are trying to escape :
　 ▪ Police chased the car along the motorway at speeds of up to 90 mph.
▪run after somebody/go after somebody to quickly follow someone or something in order to stop them or talk to them :
　 ▪ I ran after him to say sorry, but he’d already got on the bus.
▪stalk /stɔːk $ stɒːk/ to secretly follow an animal in order to kill it, or to secretly follow a person in order to attack them :
　 ▪ a tiger stalking its prey
　 ▪ He had a long history of stalking women in his neighbourhood.
▪pursue /pəˈsjuː $ pərˈsuː/ written to chase someone in a very determined way :
　 ▪ The ship was being pursued by enemy submarines.
▪give chase written to chase someone or something who is trying to escape from you :
　 ▪ One of the officers gave chase and arrested the man.
　 ▪ The calf ran away and the lion gave chase.
▪tail to secretly follow someone in order to watch what they do and where they go :
　 ▪ Apparently, the police had been tailing the terrorists for months.
▪track to follow and find a person or animal by looking at the marks they leave on the ground :
　 ▪ The bushmen were tracking antelope in the Kalahari desert.