drift net

noun
🔊/ˈdrɪft net/
🔊/ˈdrɪft net/
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  1. a very large net used by fishing boats. The net has weights at the bottom and floats at the top and is allowed to hang in the sea.流网;漂网
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDrift net is used before these nouns:
    • fishing
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