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trawl

UK //trɔːl//US //trɑːl//

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源自中古荷兰语'traghelen'(拖拽),与德语'tragen'(携带)同源,14世纪进入英语。原指拖网捕鱼的方法,后引申为全面搜索的意思。

verb

❶ 用拖网捕鱼,指渔船拖着大网在水中缓慢移动以捕捉鱼类或其他海洋生物。

“The fishermen trawl the ocean for shrimp.”

(渔民们在海洋中用拖网捕捞虾。)

“They trawled the bay all night but caught very little.”

(他们整晚在海湾拖网捕鱼,但收获很少。)

❶ 仔细搜索或收集信息,指像拖网捕鱼一样全面细致地查找某物或信息。

“Police trawled through hours of CCTV footage.”

(警方仔细查看了数小时的监控录像。)

“I had to trawl dozens of websites to find this information.”

(我不得不浏览数十个网站来寻找这条信息。)

同义词:drag, sweep, search, scour, comb

noun

❶ 拖网,指用于捕捞的大型锥形渔网,通常由渔船拖曳。

“The trawl was full of fish when they pulled it up.”

(当他们拉起拖网时,里面装满了鱼。)

“A large trawl can damage the ocean floor.”

(大型拖网可能会破坏海底。)

❶ 全面搜索或调查,指像使用拖网一样的系统性查找行为。

“The police conducted a trawl of known criminals.”

(警方对已知罪犯进行了全面排查。)

“A trawl of the archives revealed some interesting documents.”

(对档案的全面搜索发现了一些有趣的文件。)

同义词:net, dragnet, search, survey, scan

常见短语

trawl net — 专指用于商业捕鱼的拖网,通常很大且能捕获大量鱼类。

“The trawl net caught hundreds of fish in one sweep.”

(拖网一次就能捕获数百条鱼。)

trawl for information — 比喻像拖网捕鱼一样广泛收集信息或数据。

“Journalists often trawl social media for breaking news.”

(记者经常在社交媒体上广泛搜集突发新闻。)