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)
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.
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。
When fishermen trawl for fish, they pull a wide net behind their ship in order to catch fish.
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。