单词 | pair trawler |
释义 | pair trawlern. Fishing. Each of a pair of trawlers which catch fish together by dragging a large trawl net between them. Also: a person in charge of such a trawler. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > trawler trawler-boat1599 trawl-boat1799 trawler1847 trawling sloop1860 trawling smack1887 mumble bee1891 sailing-trawler1891 trawl-smack1895 side trawler1956 stern-trawler1961 pair trawl1967 pair trawler1973 1973 Stornoway Gaz. 27 Jan. 1/1 Last Wednesday's total of 7,612 crans from purse-seiners and pair trawlers was a record for the port of Stornoway. 1980 Economist (Nexis) 16 Aug. 40 Pair trawlers, two boats dragging a huge net between them, became devastatingly efficient in cleaning up fish stocks. 1992 National Fisherman (Nexis) Jan. 5 Pair trawlers say they're being punished for being innovators. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1973 |
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