资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Troll \Troll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trolled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Trolling}.] [OE. trollen to roll, F. tr[^o]ler, Of. troller
   to drag about, to ramble; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. G.
   trollen to roll, ramble, sich trollen to be gone; or perhaps
   for trotler, fr. F. trotter to trot (cf. {Trot}.). Cf.
   {Trawl}.]
   1. To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn.

            To dress and troll the tongue, and roll the eye.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.

            Then doth she troll to the bowl.      --Gammer
                                                  Gurton's
                                                  Needle.

            Troll the brown bowl.                 --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   3. To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a
      catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely.

            Will you troll the catch ?            --Shak.

            His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd, By
            wide-mouthed mortaltrolled aloud.     --Hudibras.

   4. To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn
      along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.

   5. To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.

            With patient angle trolls the finny deep.
                                                  --Goldsmith.