English Dictionary

troll

IPA（発音記号）

/tɹɒl/

動詞

自動詞 比喩的用法 他動詞 広義 俗語 インターネット 未分類 一般語

(intransitive) To saunter. / (intransitive) To trundle, to roll from side to side. / (transitive, figuratively) To draw someone or something out, to entice, to lure as if with trailing bait.

日本語の意味

のんびり歩く、ぶらぶら歩く / 側転しながら歩く、転がるように移動する / （比喩的に）だれかまたはなにかを慎重に誘い出す、引き出す

He trolls down the lane every evening, whistling softly.

彼は毎晩、小道をぶらぶら歩きながら、静かに口笛を吹く。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To saunter.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To trundle, to roll from side to side.

意味（3）

(transitive, figuratively) To draw someone or something out, to entice, to lure as if with trailing bait.

It was necessary to troll them along two years with the hope of employing their usual methods, in order to get them to a place too far from their starting-point for retreat.

意味（4）

(intransitive, fishing, by extension) To fish using a line and bait or lures trailed behind a boat similarly to trawling; to lure fish with bait.

Their young men […] trolled along the brooks that abounded in fish.

意味（5）

(transitive) To angle for with a trolling line, or with a hook drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.

My flies alone disturbed the placid waters. A half-grown-up lad, who was standing behind me on the bank, advised me to troll with bait — a cluster of worms fastened to the hook, which is dragged in jerks over the surface of the water — and offered to find the bait for me.

意味（6）

(transitive) To fish in; to try to catch fish from.

With patient angle trolls the finny deep.

意味（7）

(slang, intransitive) To stroll about in order to find a sexual partner.

He spends most of his waking hours trolling on WIRE.

意味（8）

(transitive, intransitive, Internet slang, now also used outside of internet) To post or make inflammatory or insincere statements so as to attempt to lure others into combative argument for purposes of personal entertainment or to manipulate others' perception, especially in an online community or discussion.

1993 October 11, “danny burstein” (username), “I trolled, and no one bit!”, in alt.folklore.urban, Usenet

trolls （ present singular third-person ）

trolling （ participle present ）

trolled （ participle past ）

trolled （ past ）