trawl

trɒ:l
GRE Collins 1

英文释义

n. a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
n. a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
v. fish with trawlers

中文翻译

n. 拖网
v. 用拖网捕鱼

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Collins 星级
20,908
BNC 频率
17,677
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记忆技巧

trawl 来源于古英语,表示“拖网捕鱼”。可以拆分为 trawling(虽然这个词本身没有 -ing 形式,但可以联想到它的动作),表示用网拖拉的动作。

例句

1. The fishermen decided to trawl the deep sea for shrimp.
渔民们决定在深海拖网捕虾。
2. She used a net to trawl the pond for small fish.
她用网在池塘里拖网捕小鱼。
3. The researchers will trawl through the data to find patterns.
研究人员将会仔细分析数据以寻找模式。

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