trawl
n.[渔] 拖网 v.用拖网捕鱼
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trawl为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:trawled 过去分词:trawled 现在分词:trawling 第三人称单数:trawls
trawl
/trɔ:l; trɔl/
n
1 (also `trawl-net) large net with a wide opening, dragged along the bottom of the sea by a boat (渔船用的)拖网.
2 (also `trawl line, `setline) (US) long fishing line, used at sea, to which many short lines with hooks are attached (海上捕鱼用的)排钩.
v
1 (a) [I, Ipr] ~ (for sth) fish with a trawl 用拖网或排钩捕鱼.
(b) [Tn] fish (an area of water) in this way 在(某水域)用拖网或排钩捕鱼.
2 [Ipr, Tn]~ (through) sth (for sth) (fig 比喻) search through (records, etc) 查阅(档案等)
*The police are trawling (through) their files for similar cases. 警方正在查阅类似案件的档案.