trawl
n
1 (also `trawl-net) large net with a wide opening, dragged along the bottom of the sea by a boat (漁船用的)拖網.
2 (also `trawl line, `setline) (US) long fishing line, used at sea, to which many short lines with hooks are attached (海上捕魚用的)排鉤. trawl, v
1
(a) [I, Ipr] ~ (for sth) fish with a trawl 用拖網或排鉤捕魚.
(b) [Tn] fish (an area of water) in this way 在(某水域)用拖網或排鉤捕魚.
2 [Ipr, Tn]~ (through) sth (for sth) (fig 比喻) search through (records, etc) 查閱(檔案等)
The police are trawling (through) their files for similar cases. 警方正在查閱類似案件的檔案.