trawl

verb

/trɔːl/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they trawl	/trɔːl/ /trɔːl/
he / she / it trawls	/trɔːlz/ /trɔːlz/
past simple trawled	/trɔːld/ /trɔːld/
past participle trawled	/trɔːld/ /trɔːld/
-ing form trawling	/ˈtrɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈtrɔːlɪŋ/

[transitive, intransitive] to search through a large amount of information or a large number of people, places, etc. looking for a particular thing or person查阅（资料）；搜集，搜罗，网罗（人或物）
- trawl something (for something/somebody) She trawled the shops for bargains.她到各商店搜罗便宜货。
- Major companies trawl the universities for potential graduate trainees.大公司在大学里寻找潜在的研究生实习生。
- trawl (through something) (for something/somebody) The police are trawling through their files for similar cases.警方正在档案中查阅类似案件。
[intransitive] trawl (for something) to fish for something by pulling a large net with a wide opening through the water用拖网捕鱼
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Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb): probably from Middle Dutch traghelen ‘to drag’ (related to traghel ‘dragnet’), perhaps from Latin tragula ‘dragnet’.

trawl

noun

/trɔːl/

a search through a large amount of information, documents, etc.（对资料、文件等的）查阅
- A quick trawl through the newspapers yielded five suitable job adverts.快速翻阅一下报纸便找到五则适合的招聘广告。
(also trawl net)
a large net with a wide opening, that is dragged along the bottom of the sea by a boat in order to catch fish（海上捕鱼用的）拖网Topics Transport by waterc2

Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb): probably from Middle Dutch traghelen ‘to drag’ (related to traghel ‘dragnet’), perhaps from Latin tragula ‘dragnet’.