n.[C]

1. 【漁】拖網
2. 【美】（捕海魚的）排鉤

vt.

1. 用拖網（或排鉤）捕

vi.

1. 用拖網（或排鉤）捕魚
   They are trawling for cod.

   他們正在用拖網捕鱈。

v.

1. fish or catch with a trawl net or seine.
2. search thoroughly.

n.

1. an act of trawling.
2. (also trawl net) a large wide-mouthed fishing net dragged by a boat along the bottom of the sea or a lake.
3. (also trawl line) N. Amer. a long sea-fishing line along which are tied buoys supporting baited hooks on short lines.