troll /trəʊl/ ( trolling, trolled, trolls )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT In Scandinavian mythology, trolls are creatures who look like ugly people. They live in caves or on mountains and steal children. (斯堪的纳维亚神话中居于洞穴或山上、专门偷小孩的)丑陋怪物

• 2. 

  V-I If you troll somewhere, you go there in a casual and unhurried way. 闲逛 [英国英语] [非正式]

  例：

  I trolled along to see Michael Frayn's play, "Noises Off."

  我慢步走着去看迈克尔·弗莱恩的戏剧《糊涂戏班》。

• 3. 

  V-I If you troll through papers or files, you look through them in a fairly casual way. 随便浏览(报纸或文件) [英国英语] [非正式]

  例：

  Trolling through the files revealed a photograph of me drinking coffee in the office.

  我随便浏览这些文件时发现了一张我在办公室喝咖啡的照片。

• 4. 

  V to post deliberately inflammatory articles on an internet discussion board (在网络论坛)故意发布煽动性文章 [计算机] [slang]