trawl /ˈtrɔl/
拖網(vt.)(vi.)用拖網捕魚
Trawl v. i. To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
Trawl, n.
1. A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter. [U. S. & Canada]
2. A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom.
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trawl
n 1: a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks
attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) [syn: trawl
line, spiller, setline, trotline]
2: a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
[syn: dragnet, trawl net]
v : fish with trawlers