seine

• 一种大型渔网，垂直悬于水中，上缘由浮子撑开，下缘由沉子坠住，用来围住并捕获鱼群。

A large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, kept open by floats at the top and weights at the bottom, used to encircle and catch fish.

1. B2formal

   A large fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, kept open by floats at the top and weights at the bottom, used to catch fish.

   围网

   • The fishermen cast the seine into the river at dawn.
   • They used a seine to catch a large school of herring.
   • The boat dragged the seine along the ocean floor.

   同义词dragnet

• 用围网捕鱼，通常指包围鱼群后收网捕捞。

A verb meaning to fish with a seine net, typically by encircling a school of fish.

1. Fish with a seineB2formal

   To catch fish using a large net called a seine, which hangs vertically in the water.

   用拉网捕鱼

   • The fishermen seine the river every morning.
   • They learned how to seine for salmon in the bay.
   • The crew spent hours seining the shallow waters.