troll2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] 1 American EnglishAmE to try to remove something from a river, ocean etc by pulling a rope, line etc through the water 拖捞;拖钓 Ships towing huge magnets trolled the ocean floor. 船只拖着巨大的磁石在海底进行拖捞作业。
troll for I would troll for fish from the rowboat. 我会在划艇上拖钓。
2 American EnglishAmE to try to obtain something by searching, asking people etc 搜寻;询问 SYN British English trawltroll (something) for something Stewart spent hours trolling the Web for information. 斯图尔特花了很长时间在网上搜索信息。
n3. to leave offensive or upsetting messages on the Internet, just in order to get a reaction