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語源

From cast +‎ net.

動詞

cast-net (third-person singular simple present cast-nets, present participle cast-netting, simple past and past participle cast-netted)

1. (fishing, transitive, uncommon) To throw a weighted fishing net and then pull it back by means of an attached line.
   • 1883, Francis Francis, The Practical Management of Fisheries, A Book For Proprietors and Keepers, page 96:

     With regard to barbel, the last direction for chub is a very important one; hundreds of barbel are caught when of mere gudgeon size, either when raking for gudgeon or cast-netting for bait.

   • May 1986, Bunky Hearst, “Fighting Chair, Which Fish With Which To Fish-Got That?”, in Motor Boating & Sailing‎, volume 157, number 5, page 34:

     Down Florida way the coral reefs hold huge schools of small fish which can be easily cast netted after being attracted close to the boat with a bit of chum, or purchased from bait boats or from bait stores that have big tanks to handle live bait.

   • 1990, E. van Donk, E.H.R.R. Lammens, M.-L. Meyer, Ramesh D. Gulati (editors), Biomanipulation Tool for Water Management, Proceedings of an International Conference Held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 8–11 August, 1989, page 582:

     Silver carps and tambaquis were obtained from a fishfarm and bluegills and Congo tilapias were cast-netted from Paranoá Reservoir.

   • 2009, Jack Rudloe, Anne Rudloe, Shrimp, The Endless Quest for Pink Gold, page 70:

     In South Carolina, as many as 15,000 recreational fishermen buy licenses to cast net for white shrimp over a thirty-day period each fall.

   • 2016, Gilbert L. Voss, A Pioneer Son at Sea, Fishing Tales of Old Florida:

     One of the best I knew was Buddy Rogers, a backwoods cracker who cast-netted during the day and spent most of his nights frog-leg hunting.