trawl

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

trawl [trawl trawls trawled trawling] verb, noun BrE [trɔːl] NAmE [trɔːl]
verb
1. 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
•~ sth (for sth/sb) She trawled the shops for bargains.
•Major companies trawl the universities for potential graduate trainees.
•~ (through sth) (for sth/sb) The police are trawling through their files for similar cases.
2. intransitive ~ (for sth) to fish for sth by pulling a large net with a wide opening through the water
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (as a verb): probably from Middle Dutch traghelen ‘to drag’ (related to traghel ‘dragnet’), perhaps from Latin tragula ‘dragnet’.
 
noun
1. a search through a large amount of information, documents, etc
•A quick trawl through the newspapers yielded five suitable job adverts.
2. (also ˈtrawl net)a large net with a wide opening, that is dragged along the bottom of the sea by a boat in order to catch fish

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (as a verb): probably from Middle Dutch traghelen ‘to drag’ (related to traghel ‘dragnet’), perhaps from Latin tragula ‘dragnet’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dragnet, trawl net, trawl line, spiller, setline, trotline