VERB
(在大量相似物中)搜索，搜尋
If you trawl through a large number of similar things, you search through them looking for something that you want or something that is suitable for a particular purpose.
例句
A team of officers is trawling through the records of thousands of petty thieves...
一組警員正在翻查數以千計的小偷小摸者的犯罪記錄。
Her private secretary has carefully trawled the West End for a suitable show.
她的私人秘書已經在倫敦西區進行了拉網式搜索，以尋找一部合適的劇目。