江戸川乱歩の短編小説 'Two Crippled Men'を読んでいます。
Still avoiding the other's piercing look, he quietly sneaked out of the room like some skulking animal.
"skulking animal" の "skulking" が分かりません。辞書を見ます。
・Dictionary.com: to move in a stealthy manner; The panther skulked through the bush.
・Collins Dictionary: If you skulk somewhere, you hide or move around quietly because you do not want to be seen.: You, meanwhile, will be skulking in the safety of the car.
・Wordnet 3.0: move stealthily: "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"
""sculk" とも綴られる様ですが、いずれにせよ余り使われなくなった単語の様です。
Still avoiding the other's piercing look, he quietly sneaked out of the room like some skulking animal.
"skulking animal" の "skulking" が分かりません。辞書を見ます。
・Dictionary.com: to move in a stealthy manner; The panther skulked through the bush.
・Collins Dictionary: If you skulk somewhere, you hide or move around quietly because you do not want to be seen.: You, meanwhile, will be skulking in the safety of the car.
・Wordnet 3.0: move stealthily: "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"
""sculk" とも綴られる様ですが、いずれにせよ余り使われなくなった単語の様です。
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