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Trawl Trawling Verb Suitable 英[Trɔ:L 美[Trɔl N.拖网;排钩绳;Vt Vi.用拖网捕鱼;Vt.查阅(档案等

单词 trawl
音标
英[trɔ:l] 美[trɔl]
解释
n.拖网;排钩绳;vt.& vi.用拖网捕鱼;vt.查阅(档案等);
例句

VERB
(在大量相似物中)搜索,搜寻
If you trawl through a large number of similar things, you search through them looking for something that you want or something that is suitable for a particular purpose.
例:A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves...一组警员正在翻查数以千计的小偷小摸者的犯罪记录。
例:Her private secretary has carefully trawled the West End for a suitable show.她的私人秘书已经在伦敦西区进行了拉网式搜索,以寻找一部合适的剧目。

VERB
用拖网捕(鱼)
When fishermen trawl for fish, they pull a wide net behind their ship in order to catch fish.
例:They had seen him trawling and therefore knew that there were fish...他们曾见过他用拖网捕鱼,因此知道那里有鱼。
例:We came upon a fishing boat trawling for Dover sole.我们碰上一艘正用拖网捕鳎的渔船。
变形
third:trawls~done:trawled~pl:trawls~ing:trawling~past:trawled~

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