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单词 trawl
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trawlverb

uk/trɔːl/us/trɑːl/

trawl verb (FISH)

[ T ] to pull a large, cone-shaped net through the sea at a deep level behind a special boat in order to catch fish:

They trawl these waters for cod.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Commercial fishing

  • aerator
  • bycatch
  • dragnet
  • drift net
  • factory ship
  • fish
  • fisherman
  • fishery
  • fishing
  • lobster pot
  • oyster bed
  • trawler

trawl verb (SEARCH)

[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to search among a large number or many different places in order to find people or information you want:

The software is used to trawl for information on the internet.
You need to trawl through a lot of data to get results that are valid.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Searching

  • a needle in a haystack idiom
  • beachcomber
  • bounty hunter
  • burrow
  • cast around
  • dig
  • drag
  • nose
  • once-over
  • pick
  • pick through sth
  • poke
  • poke around
  • seek
  • strip search
  • trail
  • turn a place inside out idiom
  • turn sth upside down idiom
  • wanted
  • wild-goose chase

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trawlnoun [ C ]

uk/trɔːl/us/trɑːl/

trawl noun [ C ] (SEARCH)

a search among a large number or many different places in order to find people or information you want:

We did a wide trawl to find the right person to play the part.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Searching

  • a needle in a haystack idiom
  • beachcomber
  • bounty hunter
  • burrow
  • cast around
  • dig
  • drag
  • nose
  • once-over
  • pick
  • pick through sth
  • poke
  • poke around
  • seek
  • strip search
  • trail
  • turn a place inside out idiom
  • turn sth upside down idiom
  • wanted
  • wild-goose chase

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trawl noun [ C ] (NET)

also trawl net a large, cone-shaped net used for trawling the water for fish

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Commercial fishing

  • aerator
  • bycatch
  • dragnet
  • drift net
  • factory ship
  • fish
  • fisherman
  • fishery
  • fishing
  • lobster pot
  • oyster bed
  • trawler
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