Seine



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 拉网, 大捕鱼网
• ［英］ n. 拉网, 大捕鱼网 ( a large net)
• ［类］ bird : snare / fish : seine ( 罗网捕鸟 / 鱼网捕鱼)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English segne, from Latin sagena, from Greek sagēnē
• Date: before 12th century
• a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore

II. verb (seined; seining)

• Date: 1836
• intransitive verb
  • to fish with or catch fish with a seine
• transitive verb
  • to fish for or in with a seine

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