Game of Thrones · Season 1
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stalks

/stɔːks/B2

(植物的)茎 / 秆 (n.)

这里指鬼草的「茎」。除了作名词指植物的茎,口语里它作动词 `stalk` 也很常用,指「悄悄跟踪(某人)」或者「在社交媒体上视奸他人动态」。

In the Shadow Lands beyond Asshai, they say there are fields of ghost grass,
with stalks as pale as milk that glow in the night.
Murders all other grass.