dragnet

FREQ #38080

n. 拖网, (喻)法网

发音

US /ˈdɹæɡˌnɛt/
UK /ˈdɹæɡˌnɛt/
US /ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡˌnɛt/
CA /ˈdɹeɪ̯ɡˌnɛt/

词形变化

dragnets 复数 dragnets dragnets 三单 dragnetted dragnetting dragnetting 现在分词 dragnetted 过去式 dragnetted 过去分词

别名

drag-net

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.

    拖网

  2. 2.

    A heightened effort by law enforcement personnel undertaken in order to capture suspects.

    比喻 政治 法律
v.
  1. 1.

    To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To undertake a heightened effort to catch a suspect.

    比喻 及物 政治 法律

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

trawl trawlnet

上位词 4

system scheme fishnet fishing net

相关短语

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词源

From drag + net, probably based on the model of Middle English draynet, dreynett (“dragnet”), Old English dræġnet, dræġnett (“dragnet”), equivalent to dray + net. Cognate with Swedish dragnät, Norwegian dragnett, from Icelandic dragnet.

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