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(shù)以千計(jì)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(jīng)在倫敦西區(qū)進(jìn)行了拉網(wǎng)式搜索，以尋找一部合適的劇目。