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v. trawl for sth
trawl for 后接捕捞对象，如鱼、虾等。
The fishing boat trawled for cod near the coast.
渔船在海岸附近用拖网捕捞鳕鱼。
拖网
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拖网
a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it, usually suspended between buoys
The fishing boat trawled for cod near the coast.
渔船在海岸附近用拖网捕捞鳕鱼。
用于拖网捕捞的网具；拖网。
A net or dragnet used for trawling.
带有许多短线和钩子的长钓线(通常悬挂在浮标之间)
a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
一种长钓鱼线,上面附有许多带钩的短线；延绳钓。
A long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it; a setline.
在水中拖曳的锥形渔网
a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
The fishermen pulled the trawl back onto the boat.
渔民们把拖网拉回到船上。
The trawl was full of small fish, so they threw most of them back.
拖网里满是小鱼，所以他们把大部分鱼扔回了海里。
They inspected the trawl for holes before sunrise.
他们在日出前检查拖网是否有破洞。
trawl for 后接捕捞对象，如鱼、虾等。
The fishing boat trawled for cod near the coast.
渔船在海岸附近用拖网捕捞鳕鱼。
trawl 后直接接水域名词，表示在该水域拖网；与 trawl for sth 的用法不同。
They trawled the bay for herring.
他们在海湾拖网捕捞鲱鱼。
名词用法，指拖网渔具，为可数名词。
A trawl is a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached, usually suspended between buoys.
拖网是一种带有许多较短钓线和鱼钩的长钓鱼线，通常悬挂在浮标之间。
Not this
The fishermen trawled fish all day.
Use this
The fishermen trawled for fish all day.
动词 trawl 表示“用拖网捕鱼”时是不及物动词，捕捞对象要用介词 for 引出，即 trawl for fish；不能说 trawl fish，那样会把 fish 误当作宾语。
Not this
We went to trawl in the sea.
Use this
We went trawling in the sea.
表示“去从事某项活动”时英语常用 go + -ing（如 go fishing、go shopping），go trawling 是固定搭配；go to trawl 更接近书面目的状语，不符合此处口语化的自然表达。
Not this
She trawled to Beijing for a business meeting.
Use this
She traveled to Beijing for a business meeting.
trawl 与 travel 拼写相近但意思完全不同：trawl 指“用拖网捕鱼”，travel 才是“旅行”。表示出行时不能用 trawl。
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底拖网
Bottom trawls can damage the seabed.
底拖网会破坏海底。
拖网
The crew hauled in the trawl net full of fish.
船员们把装满鱼的拖网拉了上来。
用拖网捕鱼
The boat trawls for fish in the North Sea.
这艘船在北海用拖网捕鱼。
在水域中拖网捕捞
Fishing boats trawl the waters off Alaska.
渔船在阿拉斯加附近水域拖网捕捞。
仔细查阅（大量信息或文件）
I had to trawl through hundreds of pages to find the relevant data.
我不得不翻阅数百页来找到相关数据。
搜寻，物色（人才等）
The company is trawling for new talent at the job fair.
这家公司正在招聘会上物色新人才。
Use trawl naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
读音像“戳哦”，想象渔民把大网“戳”进海里拖着捕鱼，记住trawl就是拖网。
语域：neutral 常见场景：commercial fishing、fishery industry trawl 通常用于商业捕鱼、渔业生产等专业或行业语境，属于中性术语；日常口语中较少单独使用，多出现在书面描述或行业交流中。
以上六个词都与 trawl 押韵，读音均以 /ɔːl/ 结尾。其中 crawl、brawl、shawl 与 trawl 拼写相近，都含相同的 'awl' 词尾；haul、call、tall 也同音但拼写不同。注意：trawl 的拼写容易让人误以为与 trial（/ˈtraɪəl/）或 owl（/aʊl/）同韵，实际上并不押韵；draw（/drɔː/）拼写相似，但缺少末尾的 /l/ 音。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.