| 单词 |
body surfing |
| 释义 |
body surfing, n.
Brit. |ˈbɒdɪ ˌsəːfɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈbɑdi ˌsərfɪŋ|
[‹ body n. + surfing n. Compare later body-surf v.]
The action or sport of riding a breaking wave (or occas. a river current) without a surfboard, usually by holding the body rigid.
1913Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 10 Dec. 7/4 There are spots on the beach near Honolulu where it is but necessary to lay outstretched before a wave to be carried up to the beach and gently deposited there—this is body-surfing, the delight of the Australians. 1956S. Hope Diggers' Paradise xviii. 166 This body-surfing is exclusively an Australian development. It needs..practice if you want to show off. 1988Courier-Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 14 June Body surfing was then the only type of surfing in Australia and The Duke could not understand why no board riders were on the waves which resembled those in Hawaii. 2002M. T. Sullivan Labyrinth 245 Rather than fight the river..he rolled over into the classic bodysurfing position—feet together, back arched, arms extended perpendicular to the body, hands cupped like a rudder. |
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