trawls是什么意思？

trawls

• n. 拖网( trawl的名词复数 )，排钩绳；
• v. （在…）以拖网捕鱼( trawl的第三人称单数 )，查阅（档案等）；

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• VERB
  (在大量相似物中)搜索，搜寻
  If you trawl through a large number of similar things, you search through them looking for something that you want or something that is suitable for a particular purpose.
  例句
  A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves... 一组警员正在翻查数以千计的小偷小摸者的犯罪记录。 Her private secretary has carefully trawled the West End for a suitable show. 她的私人秘书已经在伦敦西区进行了拉网式搜索，以寻找一部合适的剧目。
• VERB
  用拖网捕(鱼)
  When fishermen trawl for fish, they pull a wide net behind their ship in order to catch fish.
  例句
  They had seen him trawling and therefore knew that there were fish... 他们曾见过他用拖网捕鱼，因此知道那里有鱼。 We came upon a fishing boat trawling for Dover sole. 我们碰上一艘正用拖网捕鳎的渔船。