释义 |
gill net noun[ C ] (alsogillnet)uk /ˈɡɪl ˌnet/ us /ˈɡɪl ˌnet/ a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water and catches fish whose gills(= organs used for breathing) are too large to get through it: They say that commercial fishermen using gill nets are responsible for the declining numbers of turtles. The state does not allow gillnet fishing in its waters. They use a gill net made of nylon with lead sinkers and rubber floats. A porpoise died after it became entangled in a gill net. The gill net had trapped a dozen pike in its mesh. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Commercial fishing aerator bottom trawling bycatch crabbing dragnet drift net factory ship fish fisher fisherman fishery fishing lobster pot outfish oyster bed pearling trawl trawler |