trawling
トロール漁
解説 Definition
trawling は trawl（トロール漁をする）の動名詞・現在分詞で、名詞としてはトロール漁という意味です。大きな網を船で引いて魚などを捕る漁法を指し、環境や漁業規制の文脈でも使われます。
A method of fishing in which a large net is pulled through the water or along the seabed by one or more boats. It is used to catch fish and other marine animals and is often discussed in relation to fisheries management and environmental damage.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 trawl「大きな網を船で引く」に -ing を付けた形で、語末を重ねず trawling と書く。海中や海底近くを網で広くさらう光景を思い浮かべ、bottom trawling、limits on trawling と結び付ける。単なる fishing より漁法が具体的で、比喩的には大量の情報をくまなく探す意味にもなるが、ここでは漁業の語義。
Trawling is the -ing form of trawl, formed simply by adding -ing without doubling the final l. Picture a boat pulling a wide net through the sea and gathering whatever lies in its path. That image separates trawling from the broader word fishing, which includes many other methods. Useful combinations are bottom trawling, commercial trawling, and limits on trawling. Although trawling can figuratively mean searching through a large amount of information, the sense here is specifically the fishing practice and its effects on marine life and the seabed.
例文
Trawling is common in this part of the sea.
この海域ではトロール漁がよく行われています。
The report discusses how trawling affects the ocean floor.
その報告書は、トロール漁が海底に与える影響を論じています。
Local officials set new limits on trawling near the coast.
地元当局は沿岸近くでのトロール漁に新たな制限を設けました。
trawling の類義語・関連語
trawling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中期オランダ語 traghelen「引きずる」またはラテン語 tragula「引き網」に由来する trawl の動名詞形。大きな網を船で引いて魚を捕る漁法を指す。関連語: trail（引きずる）、drag（引く、同じ印欧語根）。
Trawling is formed from the verb trawl plus -ing. The deeper origin of trawl is uncertain; proposed sources include Middle Dutch words associated with dragging and Medieval Latin tragula, referring to a dragnet. What is secure in modern English is the central image of pulling a large fishing net through water. The noun in -ing names this activity or fishing method, especially when conducted by boats on a commercial scale.
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