a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
Verb:
fish with trawlers
双语例句
用作名词 (n.)
In trawl fishing, huge nets are slowly pulled below the water to collect fish. 拖网捕鱼时，巨大的网被缓缓地在水下拉过以捕捉鱼群。
用作动词 (v.)
But the negotiations , they say , have been more about preserving EU and Norwegian catching rights than letting them trawl for the teeming mackerel in their own seas . 但他们也表示，这次的协商的内容很大程度上商议的是保留欧盟和挪威捕鱼的权利而不是同意让他们在自己的海域内拖网抓捕鲭鱼。
Top companies trawl a global talent pool. 顶尖公司网罗全球人才.
The internet has made it easy for would -be journalists to trawl information and repackage news . 互联网的出现，使那些自封为记者的人也很容易把搜罗来的信息重新包装成一条条新闻。
The police are trawling (through) their files for similar cases. 警方正在查阅类似案件的档案。
