Definition of surf in English:

surf

noun səːfsərf

1mass noun The mass or line of foam formed by waves breaking on a seashore or reef.
激浪，碎波
the roar of the surf
海浪的咆哮声。
Example sentencesExamples
- We see the surf pounding on the rocks below in the moonlight as Barnabas continues.
- After that came some reading and napping on the beach and then much frolicking in the rough surf.
- Surrounded by crashing surf, there is no place on its perimeter to land a boat.
- The idea of sharing Christmas cheer surrounded by warm sands and crashing surf sounded wonderfully alluring.
- The thundering surf around the jutting piers of Pacific Ocean Park is the favoured playground of these washed-out youngsters.
- He looks over the pounding surf with an evil smile, and then we hear him thinking.
- On the northeast coast, there were reports of massive waves and thundering surf.
- They had come just to watch the surf pounding in here right now.
- Occasionally, we could hear surf breaking on the reef that surrounded us.
- They formed pairs, walking off in individual directions toward the rolling surf.
- The game is played in the surf, in rough surf with decent booming waves.
- Then we'd take a swim in the crashing surf before hiking back to our kayaks.
- We just stand there, listening to the thundering surf.
- All he wants is someplace warm, where palm trees blow in balmy breezes along a gentle, rolling surf.
- You'll see one of them disappear under the pounding surf for 8 seconds before resurfacing.
- He paused and listened, and it reminded him of breaking surf.
- With a roar of surf, the wave struck the beach and raced inland toward them.
- You hear the pounding surf and see a cluster of cartoonish grass huts sprouting in the distance.
- She sat in her chamber, listening to the fall of surf on an interior beach.
- Their maiden rescue saw six volunteers saving a troubled fisherman in rough surf and gale-force wind.
Synonyms
foam, froth, spindrift, spray
2in singular A spell of surfing.
一次冲浪
he went for an early surf
他一早就出去冲浪。
Example sentencesExamples
- I got up early this morning in the hope to have a surf before work - only to find that it was dead flat here at Llandudno.

verb səːfsərf

1no object Stand or lie on a surfboard and ride on a wave towards the shore.
he's learning to surf
学习冲浪。
Example sentencesExamples
- I guess you could say we are a third generation surfing family as my dad surfed in the 1930's in Southern California, I surf, and my son surfs daily.
- It was a little sneaky, but he surfed well and got the score on his last wave.
- After all, a Mayor who surfs, fights to make our waters as clean as possible, and exchanges ideas every morning with Skip Frye is bound to be a good thing.
- The sand is black, it was very hot and sunny and if we had taken a surfboard we could have surfed on the waves.
- It is a waste to let good waves be ridden incompetently, so surfers push harder to surf better.
- The Floridian surfed well, but his Brazilian counterpartmanaged an 8.4 toward the end and swung the lead.
- Each team surfs as a group with 4 surfers in the water at a time
- Have you come to the point where you realize you don't need waves to surf any more?
- We surfed in countless contests and had even more surf sessions from the early 60's until last year.
- Anyone who surfs or who has done a significant amount of marine boating experience can relay a story about a rogue wave.
- Bethany not only made the final, but surfed well, managing to pick off set waves and paddle for position.
- I love it here, but I miss my old friends and how I could surf everyday.
- Usually I struggle to get waves anywhere here - there's always a lot of guys, I prefer not to hassle, and I don't think I deserve to get the best waves because I'm not someone who surfs here all the time.
- He would explain that he got really bad sunburn while he was surfing at the beach.
- He had surfed towards the shore, entered the buffer zone on his board, caught another wave, with the consequence that after a couple of seconds he entered the flagged area and then commenced to walk to the shore.
- He looked more like he should be surfing off his native Australian coast.
- I was surfing at a beach near Malibu.
- Pat's really short and can fit turns in really quick, like on his first wave where he scored an 8.5 and surfed really well.
- A guy who surfs on his belly did much more than just bruise the ego of one who stands.
- When I stayed with my father in Toronto, I used to watch him surf everyday.
1. 1.1with object Ride (a wave) towards the shore on a surfboard.
  冲浪
  he has built a career out of surfing big waves
  他通过在大浪中冲浪建立了自己的事业。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I see those guys on TV, and they are surfing those huge waves.
  Hansen spent his summers exploring the grottoes and caves along the coastline, surfing its waves, and playing in the forests on San Simeon Point.
  Then he ceases his paddling and surfs the waves back to the water's edge, over and over again - and even now, in my mind.
  Despite the lack of depth within the graphics engine, I still got the feeling as though I was surfing a massive wave in an exotic location.
  We had really gotten into surfing and went there at the end of summer to surf hurricane waves.
  The competition was organised by the West Sligo Forum and included some exotic events like surfing the waves at Enniscrone.
  She loved surfing the giant waves of the sea and it was her favorite sport.
  For Slater, his first WCT final of 2004 remained well within grasp until the last wave was surfed.
  They can surf the waves, skin a rabbit and dazzle a television audience.
  Thanks to its flat bottom, the Transformer spins like a top with the slightest of strokes and surfs standing waves as nimbly as a true kahuna.
  Until now, the location of the wave has remained a secret and surfed only by a handful of surfers from the U.S. and Mexico.
  ‘People who surf mushy waves end up becoming the best surfers,’ says Setterholm.
  That Offaly team was always able to surf the tricky waves, and had a worldliness that this young side couldn't expect to have.
  It's also fast enough to surf standing waves, stable enough to 360 in some holes, and nimble enough to nip into tiny eddies for a break.
  The fact that I had never actually seen a wave let alone surfed one was irrelevant.
  Of course there is also the option that if you can't beat the rain, why not join it by surfing the waves!
  We don't know if we still have it in us to surf the big waves.
  With Pipeline in his front yard, Johnson started surfing the legendary wave at age 12, and at 17 was invited to surf in the Pipe Masters competition.
  The next day, with a hangover and a fridge in tow, he proceeded to surf Strandhill's famous waves.
  Despite the youthful rites of passage of surfing the Pacific waves, the Lone Star State has fulfilled all his childhood fantasies.
2. 1.2informal Ride on the roof or outside of a fast-moving vehicle, typically a train, for excitement.
  〈非正式〉坐在高速行驶的车辆（尤指火车）顶部（或外面）享受刺激感
  he fell to his death while surfing on a 70 mph train
  他坐在一辆时速70英里的火车顶部享受刺激感时跌下来摔死了。
2with object Move from site to site on (the Internet)
（在互联网上）浏览
the device allows you to surf the Net and send emails
Example sentencesExamples
- They have a very limited knowledge of security and put their business at risk through using their work computer at home or letting family members surf the internet on their work PC.
- Basically, I surf the Internet, send a little e-mail, download some music and occasionally work with Microsoft Word.
- Time spent playing computer games and surfing the Internet in lieu of playing outside is also contributing to the surge of obesity.
- The Multi.phone allows users to surf the Internet and send e-mails or text messages.
- They establish connections to an Internet service provider and offer open access for their users to surf the Internet.
- Simply surfing the Internet, reading email, downloading music or other files can infect your PC without you knowing it.
- At the end of 2000, the area had 6.1 million subscribers surfing the Internet via broadband.
- There are even some providers who will offer free access if you are willing to surf the Internet with numerous pop-ups from their advertisers.
- A recent poll by Homecall showed that the number one reason people surf the internet is to download music.
- I remember a few years back the infamous Yahoo taxi cabs that let you surf the internet (via a ricochet modem).
- It seems everybody is demanding increased bandwidth to surf the Internet and transmit data faster.
- If you spend any time surfing the Internet, then you've probably encountered several examples of pop-under windows.
- Instead, he surfed the Internet constantly, becoming an accomplished player of computer games.
- An increasing number of consumers are surfing the Internet and watching TV at the same time.
- After a few seconds of network initialisation, you have a GPRS link and you can surf the Internet slowly but serviceably.
- Every day, I have the opportunity of surfing the Internet at home while getting my neighbour to pay for it.
- They sit watching TV, playing computer games and surfing the internet.
- Now I'm just surfing the net doing high-speed research for a meeting tomorrow.
- Anyone surfing the Internet for more than a week eventually needs help from someone else.
- If you can surf the internet, you can make VoIP phone calls.
1. 2.1
  another term for channel-surf
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was channel surfing again like he always did when he had nothing better to do.
  He channel surfed aimlessly as I stared blankly at the TV.
  While I was channel surfing, the front door opened and Noah rushed in.

Derivatives

surfy

adjective ˈsəːfiˈsərfi

When I looked left as I came out of the woods, I could see what appeared to be 30 miles of flat, sunny, golden, wet, surfy shore, a sand highway fringed by blue water and dotted here and there with surfcasters.
Example sentencesExamples
- Covering surfy T-shirts, smart shirts, trendy sweats and cool knits, it's not as over the top as some brands and is selling well.
- Go for a late swim in the peaceful and shark-netted bay, untroubled by the surfy waves of the big beaches.
- The boarders, though, are weaving a fine line between staying true to their surfy, freewheeling roots and the rewards of success.

Origin

Late 17th century: apparently from obsolete suff, of unknown origin, perhaps influenced by the spelling of surge.

Rhymes

scurf, serf, turf

Definition of surf in US English:

surf

nounsərfsərf

1The mass or line of foam formed by waves breaking on a seashore or reef.
激浪，碎波
the roar of the surf
海浪的咆哮声。
Example sentencesExamples
- Then we'd take a swim in the crashing surf before hiking back to our kayaks.
- Surrounded by crashing surf, there is no place on its perimeter to land a boat.
- After that came some reading and napping on the beach and then much frolicking in the rough surf.
- We see the surf pounding on the rocks below in the moonlight as Barnabas continues.
- He looks over the pounding surf with an evil smile, and then we hear him thinking.
- The game is played in the surf, in rough surf with decent booming waves.
- On the northeast coast, there were reports of massive waves and thundering surf.
- She sat in her chamber, listening to the fall of surf on an interior beach.
- They had come just to watch the surf pounding in here right now.
- The idea of sharing Christmas cheer surrounded by warm sands and crashing surf sounded wonderfully alluring.
- All he wants is someplace warm, where palm trees blow in balmy breezes along a gentle, rolling surf.
- Occasionally, we could hear surf breaking on the reef that surrounded us.
- They formed pairs, walking off in individual directions toward the rolling surf.
- We just stand there, listening to the thundering surf.
- Their maiden rescue saw six volunteers saving a troubled fisherman in rough surf and gale-force wind.
- With a roar of surf, the wave struck the beach and raced inland toward them.
- He paused and listened, and it reminded him of breaking surf.
- The thundering surf around the jutting piers of Pacific Ocean Park is the favoured playground of these washed-out youngsters.
- You'll see one of them disappear under the pounding surf for 8 seconds before resurfacing.
- You hear the pounding surf and see a cluster of cartoonish grass huts sprouting in the distance.
Synonyms
foam, froth, spindrift, spray
1. 1.1in singular A spell of surfing.
  一次冲浪
  he went for an early surf
  他一早就出去冲浪。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I got up early this morning in the hope to have a surf before work - only to find that it was dead flat here at Llandudno.

verbsərfsərf

[no object]

1Stand or lie on a surfboard and ride on a wave toward the shore.
learning to surf
学习冲浪。
Example sentencesExamples
- Anyone who surfs or who has done a significant amount of marine boating experience can relay a story about a rogue wave.
- Each team surfs as a group with 4 surfers in the water at a time
- Usually I struggle to get waves anywhere here - there's always a lot of guys, I prefer not to hassle, and I don't think I deserve to get the best waves because I'm not someone who surfs here all the time.
- Bethany not only made the final, but surfed well, managing to pick off set waves and paddle for position.
- Have you come to the point where you realize you don't need waves to surf any more?
- He looked more like he should be surfing off his native Australian coast.
- The Floridian surfed well, but his Brazilian counterpartmanaged an 8.4 toward the end and swung the lead.
- We surfed in countless contests and had even more surf sessions from the early 60's until last year.
- He had surfed towards the shore, entered the buffer zone on his board, caught another wave, with the consequence that after a couple of seconds he entered the flagged area and then commenced to walk to the shore.
- It was a little sneaky, but he surfed well and got the score on his last wave.
- When I stayed with my father in Toronto, I used to watch him surf everyday.
- I love it here, but I miss my old friends and how I could surf everyday.
- I guess you could say we are a third generation surfing family as my dad surfed in the 1930's in Southern California, I surf, and my son surfs daily.
- He would explain that he got really bad sunburn while he was surfing at the beach.
- I was surfing at a beach near Malibu.
- Pat's really short and can fit turns in really quick, like on his first wave where he scored an 8.5 and surfed really well.
- The sand is black, it was very hot and sunny and if we had taken a surfboard we could have surfed on the waves.
- It is a waste to let good waves be ridden incompetently, so surfers push harder to surf better.
- After all, a Mayor who surfs, fights to make our waters as clean as possible, and exchanges ideas every morning with Skip Frye is bound to be a good thing.
- A guy who surfs on his belly did much more than just bruise the ego of one who stands.
1. 1.1with object Ride (a wave) toward the shore on a surfboard.
  冲浪
  he has built a career out of surfing big waves
  他通过在大浪中冲浪建立了自己的事业。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She loved surfing the giant waves of the sea and it was her favorite sport.
  They can surf the waves, skin a rabbit and dazzle a television audience.
  Until now, the location of the wave has remained a secret and surfed only by a handful of surfers from the U.S. and Mexico.
  The fact that I had never actually seen a wave let alone surfed one was irrelevant.
  Then he ceases his paddling and surfs the waves back to the water's edge, over and over again - and even now, in my mind.
  It's also fast enough to surf standing waves, stable enough to 360 in some holes, and nimble enough to nip into tiny eddies for a break.
  Despite the youthful rites of passage of surfing the Pacific waves, the Lone Star State has fulfilled all his childhood fantasies.
  For Slater, his first WCT final of 2004 remained well within grasp until the last wave was surfed.
  Of course there is also the option that if you can't beat the rain, why not join it by surfing the waves!
  I see those guys on TV, and they are surfing those huge waves.
  We don't know if we still have it in us to surf the big waves.
  That Offaly team was always able to surf the tricky waves, and had a worldliness that this young side couldn't expect to have.
  The next day, with a hangover and a fridge in tow, he proceeded to surf Strandhill's famous waves.
  With Pipeline in his front yard, Johnson started surfing the legendary wave at age 12, and at 17 was invited to surf in the Pipe Masters competition.
  We had really gotten into surfing and went there at the end of summer to surf hurricane waves.
  The competition was organised by the West Sligo Forum and included some exotic events like surfing the waves at Enniscrone.
  ‘People who surf mushy waves end up becoming the best surfers,’ says Setterholm.
  Thanks to its flat bottom, the Transformer spins like a top with the slightest of strokes and surfs standing waves as nimbly as a true kahuna.
  Despite the lack of depth within the graphics engine, I still got the feeling as though I was surfing a massive wave in an exotic location.
  Hansen spent his summers exploring the grottoes and caves along the coastline, surfing its waves, and playing in the forests on San Simeon Point.
2. 1.2informal Ride on the roof or outside of a fast-moving vehicle, typically a train, for excitement.
  〈非正式〉坐在高速行驶的车辆（尤指火车）顶部（或外面）享受刺激感
  he fell to his death while surfing on a 70 mph train
  他坐在一辆时速70英里的火车顶部享受刺激感时跌下来摔死了。
3. 1.3
  short for channel-surf
  Example sentencesExamples
  He channel surfed aimlessly as I stared blankly at the TV.
  While I was channel surfing, the front door opened and Noah rushed in.
  He was channel surfing again like he always did when he had nothing better to do.
4. 1.4with object Move from site to site on (the Internet).
  （在互联网上）浏览
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you spend any time surfing the Internet, then you've probably encountered several examples of pop-under windows.
  If you can surf the internet, you can make VoIP phone calls.
  The Multi.phone allows users to surf the Internet and send e-mails or text messages.
  Anyone surfing the Internet for more than a week eventually needs help from someone else.
  Every day, I have the opportunity of surfing the Internet at home while getting my neighbour to pay for it.
  They sit watching TV, playing computer games and surfing the internet.
  An increasing number of consumers are surfing the Internet and watching TV at the same time.
  After a few seconds of network initialisation, you have a GPRS link and you can surf the Internet slowly but serviceably.
  Basically, I surf the Internet, send a little e-mail, download some music and occasionally work with Microsoft Word.
  Now I'm just surfing the net doing high-speed research for a meeting tomorrow.
  I remember a few years back the infamous Yahoo taxi cabs that let you surf the internet (via a ricochet modem).
  At the end of 2000, the area had 6.1 million subscribers surfing the Internet via broadband.
  Simply surfing the Internet, reading email, downloading music or other files can infect your PC without you knowing it.
  They establish connections to an Internet service provider and offer open access for their users to surf the Internet.
  Time spent playing computer games and surfing the Internet in lieu of playing outside is also contributing to the surge of obesity.
  Instead, he surfed the Internet constantly, becoming an accomplished player of computer games.
  A recent poll by Homecall showed that the number one reason people surf the internet is to download music.
  It seems everybody is demanding increased bandwidth to surf the Internet and transmit data faster.
  There are even some providers who will offer free access if you are willing to surf the Internet with numerous pop-ups from their advertisers.
  They have a very limited knowledge of security and put their business at risk through using their work computer at home or letting family members surf the internet on their work PC.

Origin

Late 17th century: apparently from obsolete suff, of unknown origin, perhaps influenced by the spelling of surge.

单词	surf
释义	Definition of surf in English: surf noun səːfsərf 1mass noun The mass or line of foam formed by waves breaking on a seashore or reef. 激浪，碎波 the roar of the surf 海浪的咆哮声。 Example sentencesExamples We see the surf pounding on the rocks below in the moonlight as Barnabas continues. After that came some reading and napping on the beach and then much frolicking in the rough surf. Surrounded by crashing surf, there is no place on its perimeter to land a boat. The idea of sharing Christmas cheer surrounded by warm sands and crashing surf sounded wonderfully alluring. The thundering surf around the jutting piers of Pacific Ocean Park is the favoured playground of these washed-out youngsters. He looks over the pounding surf with an evil smile, and then we hear him thinking. On the northeast coast, there were reports of massive waves and thundering surf. They had come just to watch the surf pounding in here right now. Occasionally, we could hear surf breaking on the reef that surrounded us. They formed pairs, walking off in individual directions toward the rolling surf. The game is played in the surf, in rough surf with decent booming waves. Then we'd take a swim in the crashing surf before hiking back to our kayaks. We just stand there, listening to the thundering surf. All he wants is someplace warm, where palm trees blow in balmy breezes along a gentle, rolling surf. You'll see one of them disappear under the pounding surf for 8 seconds before resurfacing. He paused and listened, and it reminded him of breaking surf. With a roar of surf, the wave struck the beach and raced inland toward them. You hear the pounding surf and see a cluster of cartoonish grass huts sprouting in the distance. She sat in her chamber, listening to the fall of surf on an interior beach. Their maiden rescue saw six volunteers saving a troubled fisherman in rough surf and gale-force wind. Synonyms foam, froth, spindrift, spray 2in singular A spell of surfing. 一次冲浪 he went for an early surf 他一早就出去冲浪。 Example sentencesExamples I got up early this morning in the hope to have a surf before work - only to find that it was dead flat here at Llandudno. verb səːfsərf 1no object Stand or lie on a surfboard and ride on a wave towards the shore. he's learning to surf 学习冲浪。 Example sentencesExamples I guess you could say we are a third generation surfing family as my dad surfed in the 1930's in Southern California, I surf, and my son surfs daily. It was a little sneaky, but he surfed well and got the score on his last wave. After all, a Mayor who surfs, fights to make our waters as clean as possible, and exchanges ideas every morning with Skip Frye is bound to be a good thing. The sand is black, it was very hot and sunny and if we had taken a surfboard we could have surfed on the waves. It is a waste to let good waves be ridden incompetently, so surfers push harder to surf better. The Floridian surfed well, but his Brazilian counterpartmanaged an 8.4 toward the end and swung the lead. Each team surfs as a group with 4 surfers in the water at a time Have you come to the point where you realize you don't need waves to surf any more? We surfed in countless contests and had even more surf sessions from the early 60's until last year. Anyone who surfs or who has done a significant amount of marine boating experience can relay a story about a rogue wave. Bethany not only made the final, but surfed well, managing to pick off set waves and paddle for position. I love it here, but I miss my old friends and how I could surf everyday. Usually I struggle to get waves anywhere here - there's always a lot of guys, I prefer not to hassle, and I don't think I deserve to get the best waves because I'm not someone who surfs here all the time. He would explain that he got really bad sunburn while he was surfing at the beach. He had surfed towards the shore, entered the buffer zone on his board, caught another wave, with the consequence that after a couple of seconds he entered the flagged area and then commenced to walk to the shore. He looked more like he should be surfing off his native Australian coast. I was surfing at a beach near Malibu. Pat's really short and can fit turns in really quick, like on his first wave where he scored an 8.5 and surfed really well. A guy who surfs on his belly did much more than just bruise the ego of one who stands. When I stayed with my father in Toronto, I used to watch him surf everyday. 1.1with object Ride (a wave) towards the shore on a surfboard. 冲浪 he has built a career out of surfing big waves 他通过在大浪中冲浪建立了自己的事业。 Example sentencesExamples I see those guys on TV, and they are surfing those huge waves. Hansen spent his summers exploring the grottoes and caves along the coastline, surfing its waves, and playing in the forests on San Simeon Point. Then he ceases his paddling and surfs the waves back to the water's edge, over and over again - and even now, in my mind. Despite the lack of depth within the graphics engine, I still got the feeling as though I was surfing a massive wave in an exotic location. We had really gotten into surfing and went there at the end of summer to surf hurricane waves. The competition was organised by the West Sligo Forum and included some exotic events like surfing the waves at Enniscrone. She loved surfing the giant waves of the sea and it was her favorite sport. For Slater, his first WCT final of 2004 remained well within grasp until the last wave was surfed. They can surf the waves, skin a rabbit and dazzle a television audience. Thanks to its flat bottom, the Transformer spins like a top with the slightest of strokes and surfs standing waves as nimbly as a true kahuna. Until now, the location of the wave has remained a secret and surfed only by a handful of surfers from the U.S. and Mexico. ‘People who surf mushy waves end up becoming the best surfers,’ says Setterholm. That Offaly team was always able to surf the tricky waves, and had a worldliness that this young side couldn't expect to have. It's also fast enough to surf standing waves, stable enough to 360 in some holes, and nimble enough to nip into tiny eddies for a break. The fact that I had never actually seen a wave let alone surfed one was irrelevant. Of course there is also the option that if you can't beat the rain, why not join it by surfing the waves! We don't know if we still have it in us to surf the big waves. With Pipeline in his front yard, Johnson started surfing the legendary wave at age 12, and at 17 was invited to surf in the Pipe Masters competition. The next day, with a hangover and a fridge in tow, he proceeded to surf Strandhill's famous waves. Despite the youthful rites of passage of surfing the Pacific waves, the Lone Star State has fulfilled all his childhood fantasies. 1.2informal Ride on the roof or outside of a fast-moving vehicle, typically a train, for excitement. 〈非正式〉坐在高速行驶的车辆（尤指火车）顶部（或外面）享受刺激感 he fell to his death while surfing on a 70 mph train 他坐在一辆时速70英里的火车顶部享受刺激感时跌下来摔死了。 2with object Move from site to site on (the Internet) （在互联网上）浏览 the device allows you to surf the Net and send emails Example sentencesExamples They have a very limited knowledge of security and put their business at risk through using their work computer at home or letting family members surf the internet on their work PC. Basically, I surf the Internet, send a little e-mail, download some music and occasionally work with Microsoft Word. Time spent playing computer games and surfing the Internet in lieu of playing outside is also contributing to the surge of obesity. The Multi.phone allows users to surf the Internet and send e-mails or text messages. They establish connections to an Internet service provider and offer open access for their users to surf the Internet. Simply surfing the Internet, reading email, downloading music or other files can infect your PC without you knowing it. At the end of 2000, the area had 6.1 million subscribers surfing the Internet via broadband. There are even some providers who will offer free access if you are willing to surf the Internet with numerous pop-ups from their advertisers. A recent poll by Homecall showed that the number one reason people surf the internet is to download music. I remember a few years back the infamous Yahoo taxi cabs that let you surf the internet (via a ricochet modem). It seems everybody is demanding increased bandwidth to surf the Internet and transmit data faster. If you spend any time surfing the Internet, then you've probably encountered several examples of pop-under windows. Instead, he surfed the Internet constantly, becoming an accomplished player of computer games. An increasing number of consumers are surfing the Internet and watching TV at the same time. After a few seconds of network initialisation, you have a GPRS link and you can surf the Internet slowly but serviceably. Every day, I have the opportunity of surfing the Internet at home while getting my neighbour to pay for it. They sit watching TV, playing computer games and surfing the internet. Now I'm just surfing the net doing high-speed research for a meeting tomorrow. Anyone surfing the Internet for more than a week eventually needs help from someone else. If you can surf the internet, you can make VoIP phone calls. 2.1 another term for channel-surf Example sentencesExamples He was channel surfing again like he always did when he had nothing better to do. He channel surfed aimlessly as I stared blankly at the TV. While I was channel surfing, the front door opened and Noah rushed in. Derivatives surfy adjective ˈsəːfiˈsərfi When I looked left as I came out of the woods, I could see what appeared to be 30 miles of flat, sunny, golden, wet, surfy shore, a sand highway fringed by blue water and dotted here and there with surfcasters. Example sentencesExamples Covering surfy T-shirts, smart shirts, trendy sweats and cool knits, it's not as over the top as some brands and is selling well. Go for a late swim in the peaceful and shark-netted bay, untroubled by the surfy waves of the big beaches. The boarders, though, are weaving a fine line between staying true to their surfy, freewheeling roots and the rewards of success. Origin Late 17th century: apparently from obsolete suff, of unknown origin, perhaps influenced by the spelling of surge. Rhymes scurf, serf, turf Definition of surf in US English: surf nounsərfsərf 1The mass or line of foam formed by waves breaking on a seashore or reef. 激浪，碎波 the roar of the surf 海浪的咆哮声。 Example sentencesExamples Then we'd take a swim in the crashing surf before hiking back to our kayaks. Surrounded by crashing surf, there is no place on its perimeter to land a boat. After that came some reading and napping on the beach and then much frolicking in the rough surf. We see the surf pounding on the rocks below in the moonlight as Barnabas continues. He looks over the pounding surf with an evil smile, and then we hear him thinking. The game is played in the surf, in rough surf with decent booming waves. On the northeast coast, there were reports of massive waves and thundering surf. She sat in her chamber, listening to the fall of surf on an interior beach. They had come just to watch the surf pounding in here right now. The idea of sharing Christmas cheer surrounded by warm sands and crashing surf sounded wonderfully alluring. All he wants is someplace warm, where palm trees blow in balmy breezes along a gentle, rolling surf. Occasionally, we could hear surf breaking on the reef that surrounded us. They formed pairs, walking off in individual directions toward the rolling surf. We just stand there, listening to the thundering surf. Their maiden rescue saw six volunteers saving a troubled fisherman in rough surf and gale-force wind. With a roar of surf, the wave struck the beach and raced inland toward them. He paused and listened, and it reminded him of breaking surf. The thundering surf around the jutting piers of Pacific Ocean Park is the favoured playground of these washed-out youngsters. You'll see one of them disappear under the pounding surf for 8 seconds before resurfacing. You hear the pounding surf and see a cluster of cartoonish grass huts sprouting in the distance. Synonyms foam, froth, spindrift, spray 1.1in singular A spell of surfing. 一次冲浪 he went for an early surf 他一早就出去冲浪。 Example sentencesExamples I got up early this morning in the hope to have a surf before work - only to find that it was dead flat here at Llandudno. verbsərfsərf [no object] 1Stand or lie on a surfboard and ride on a wave toward the shore. learning to surf 学习冲浪。 Example sentencesExamples Anyone who surfs or who has done a significant amount of marine boating experience can relay a story about a rogue wave. Each team surfs as a group with 4 surfers in the water at a time Usually I struggle to get waves anywhere here - there's always a lot of guys, I prefer not to hassle, and I don't think I deserve to get the best waves because I'm not someone who surfs here all the time. Bethany not only made the final, but surfed well, managing to pick off set waves and paddle for position. Have you come to the point where you realize you don't need waves to surf any more? He looked more like he should be surfing off his native Australian coast. The Floridian surfed well, but his Brazilian counterpartmanaged an 8.4 toward the end and swung the lead. We surfed in countless contests and had even more surf sessions from the early 60's until last year. He had surfed towards the shore, entered the buffer zone on his board, caught another wave, with the consequence that after a couple of seconds he entered the flagged area and then commenced to walk to the shore. It was a little sneaky, but he surfed well and got the score on his last wave. When I stayed with my father in Toronto, I used to watch him surf everyday. I love it here, but I miss my old friends and how I could surf everyday. I guess you could say we are a third generation surfing family as my dad surfed in the 1930's in Southern California, I surf, and my son surfs daily. He would explain that he got really bad sunburn while he was surfing at the beach. I was surfing at a beach near Malibu. Pat's really short and can fit turns in really quick, like on his first wave where he scored an 8.5 and surfed really well. The sand is black, it was very hot and sunny and if we had taken a surfboard we could have surfed on the waves. It is a waste to let good waves be ridden incompetently, so surfers push harder to surf better. After all, a Mayor who surfs, fights to make our waters as clean as possible, and exchanges ideas every morning with Skip Frye is bound to be a good thing. A guy who surfs on his belly did much more than just bruise the ego of one who stands. 1.1with object Ride (a wave) toward the shore on a surfboard. 冲浪 he has built a career out of surfing big waves 他通过在大浪中冲浪建立了自己的事业。 Example sentencesExamples She loved surfing the giant waves of the sea and it was her favorite sport. They can surf the waves, skin a rabbit and dazzle a television audience. Until now, the location of the wave has remained a secret and surfed only by a handful of surfers from the U.S. and Mexico. The fact that I had never actually seen a wave let alone surfed one was irrelevant. Then he ceases his paddling and surfs the waves back to the water's edge, over and over again - and even now, in my mind. It's also fast enough to surf standing waves, stable enough to 360 in some holes, and nimble enough to nip into tiny eddies for a break. Despite the youthful rites of passage of surfing the Pacific waves, the Lone Star State has fulfilled all his childhood fantasies. For Slater, his first WCT final of 2004 remained well within grasp until the last wave was surfed. Of course there is also the option that if you can't beat the rain, why not join it by surfing the waves! I see those guys on TV, and they are surfing those huge waves. We don't know if we still have it in us to surf the big waves. That Offaly team was always able to surf the tricky waves, and had a worldliness that this young side couldn't expect to have. The next day, with a hangover and a fridge in tow, he proceeded to surf Strandhill's famous waves. With Pipeline in his front yard, Johnson started surfing the legendary wave at age 12, and at 17 was invited to surf in the Pipe Masters competition. We had really gotten into surfing and went there at the end of summer to surf hurricane waves. The competition was organised by the West Sligo Forum and included some exotic events like surfing the waves at Enniscrone. ‘People who surf mushy waves end up becoming the best surfers,’ says Setterholm. Thanks to its flat bottom, the Transformer spins like a top with the slightest of strokes and surfs standing waves as nimbly as a true kahuna. Despite the lack of depth within the graphics engine, I still got the feeling as though I was surfing a massive wave in an exotic location. Hansen spent his summers exploring the grottoes and caves along the coastline, surfing its waves, and playing in the forests on San Simeon Point. 1.2informal Ride on the roof or outside of a fast-moving vehicle, typically a train, for excitement. 〈非正式〉坐在高速行驶的车辆（尤指火车）顶部（或外面）享受刺激感 he fell to his death while surfing on a 70 mph train 他坐在一辆时速70英里的火车顶部享受刺激感时跌下来摔死了。 1.3 short for channel-surf Example sentencesExamples He channel surfed aimlessly as I stared blankly at the TV. While I was channel surfing, the front door opened and Noah rushed in. He was channel surfing again like he always did when he had nothing better to do. 1.4with object Move from site to site on (the Internet). （在互联网上）浏览 Example sentencesExamples If you spend any time surfing the Internet, then you've probably encountered several examples of pop-under windows. If you can surf the internet, you can make VoIP phone calls. The Multi.phone allows users to surf the Internet and send e-mails or text messages. Anyone surfing the Internet for more than a week eventually needs help from someone else. Every day, I have the opportunity of surfing the Internet at home while getting my neighbour to pay for it. They sit watching TV, playing computer games and surfing the internet. An increasing number of consumers are surfing the Internet and watching TV at the same time. After a few seconds of network initialisation, you have a GPRS link and you can surf the Internet slowly but serviceably. Basically, I surf the Internet, send a little e-mail, download some music and occasionally work with Microsoft Word. Now I'm just surfing the net doing high-speed research for a meeting tomorrow. I remember a few years back the infamous Yahoo taxi cabs that let you surf the internet (via a ricochet modem). At the end of 2000, the area had 6.1 million subscribers surfing the Internet via broadband. Simply surfing the Internet, reading email, downloading music or other files can infect your PC without you knowing it. They establish connections to an Internet service provider and offer open access for their users to surf the Internet. Time spent playing computer games and surfing the Internet in lieu of playing outside is also contributing to the surge of obesity. Instead, he surfed the Internet constantly, becoming an accomplished player of computer games. A recent poll by Homecall showed that the number one reason people surf the internet is to download music. It seems everybody is demanding increased bandwidth to surf the Internet and transmit data faster. There are even some providers who will offer free access if you are willing to surf the Internet with numerous pop-ups from their advertisers. They have a very limited knowledge of security and put their business at risk through using their work computer at home or letting family members surf the internet on their work PC. Origin Late 17th century: apparently from obsolete suff, of unknown origin, perhaps influenced by the spelling of surge.
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