trawl
verb- [transitive, intransitive]
to search through a large amount of information or a large number of people, places, etc. looking for a particular thing or person 查阅(资料);搜集,搜罗,网罗(人或物) - trawl something (for something/somebody)
She trawled the shops for bargains. 她到各商店搜罗便宜货。 Major companies trawl the universities for potential graduate trainees. 大公司在大学里搜寻潜在的研究生。 - trawl (through something) (for something/somebody)
The police are trawling through their files for similar cases. 警方正在档案中查阅类似案件。
- trawl something (for something/somebody)
- [intransitive] trawl (for something)
to fish for something by pulling a large net with a wide opening through the water 用拖网捕鱼
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb): probably from Middle Dutch traghelen ‘to drag’ (related to traghel ‘dragnet’), perhaps from Latin tragula ‘dragnet’.