trawls
n. 拖網( trawl的名詞複數 ); 排鉤繩
v. (在…)以拖網捕魚( trawl的第三人稱單數 ); 查閱(檔案等)
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...
一組警員正在翻查數以千計的小偷小摸者的犯罪記錄。
Her private secretary has carefully trawled the West End for a suitable show.
她的私人秘書已經在倫敦西區進行了拉網式搜尋,以尋找一部合適的劇目。
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...
他們曾見過他用拖網捕魚,因此知道那裡有魚。
We came upon a fishing boat trawling for Dover sole.
我們碰上一艘正用拖網捕鰨的漁船。