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单词 channel-surf
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Definition of channel-surf in English:

channel-surf

verb
informal
  • another term for channel-hop (sense 1)
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The wife and I were channel-surfing between various news sources last night.
    • Instead, she found Madelyn calmly channel-surfing and her father scratching his head and looking at a small slip of paper.
    • I probably passed it by while channel-surfing.
    • One sleepless night Bill was channel-surfing and stumbled upon me in dialogue with one right-winger or another.
    • About half past eight I was lounging on the couch, channel-surfing when my doorbell rang.
    • I was channel-surfing last night with the remote control in the hotel room and the two times I paused anywhere and focused were on black-and-white films.
    • I was channel-surfing, looking at the clock rather than the programme while I waited.
    • While channel-surfing through the sports cable channels on TV, I noticed a lot of cheerleading and lacrosse competition coverage - more than swimming.
    • Linda picks up a week-old sales paper and looks through it for good coupons, while Annie turns on the TV and channel-surfs through the four stations that come in.
    • I sat channel-surfing, trying to find something to take my mind off of the possibilities.
    • I was channel-surfing yesterday evening - trying to find something interesting to watch.
    • Then her husband spent the next four hours making calls and channel-surfing through CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and the local news affiliates.
    • Suffering from a bout of insomnia last night, I found myself in front of the television, channel-surfing.
    • I was listening to the album on headphones in my parent's car, sitting in the backseat, when my dad turned the radio on and proceeded to restlessly channel-surf.
    • As the film jerks back and forth between the two, it's all you can do not to check that the projectionist isn't using the wrong remote to channel-surf as he's showing the film.
    • Parker and Stone say they were hit with the inspiration while channel-surfing together over two years ago.
    • Only while watching a Major League Baseball game can you constantly channel-surf and never miss a thing.
    • I was innocently channel-surfing last night when I landed on a film that had just begun.
    • While channel-surfing a few days ago, I caught part of an interview where he claimed, ‘No matter how big the special effects are, it's all about story and character.’
    • The movie version of High Fidelity passed into the cable realm not long ago, and I've run across it a number of times while channel-surfing.

Derivatives

  • channel-surfer

  • noun
    informal
    • She was in her uniform, so it was unlikely that a channel-surfer (if there were any, in this case) would have to guess who his guest was.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Airing every Saturday from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Discovery Channel, it might be just what channel-surfers needed.
      • For example, channel-surfers will find the 921's program-listing grid easier to navigate, with buttons on the remote to skip ahead in 24-hour chunks.
      • I'm not sure if the film was meant to appeal to multi-taskers or channel-surfers, but the overall effect lands somewhere in between.
      • Later that evening, as I turned to the television to soften my insomnia, I began thinking that if a single neuron were conscious, its consciousness would resemble a channel-surfer's.
  • channel-surfing

  • nounˈtʃan(ə)lˌsəːfɪŋˈtʃænlˌsərfɪŋ
    informal
    • But on a recent Saturday morning, I found myself channel-surfing for about 15 minutes.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After some channel-surfing, they stumbled upon the announcements live.
      • So how did I account for such channel-surfing in the diary?
      • In other words, channel-surfing will become a just-in-time service, where you request and access each video stream on demand every time you flip to the next channel.
      • Till not so long ago TV viewers had so many channels to choose from that channel-surfing almost came to be taken for granted.

Definition of channel-surf in US English:

channel-surf

verbˈtʃænlˌsərfˈCHanlˌsərf
informal
  • Change frequently from one television channel to another, using a remote control device.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I was channel-surfing yesterday evening - trying to find something interesting to watch.
    • While channel-surfing a few days ago, I caught part of an interview where he claimed, ‘No matter how big the special effects are, it's all about story and character.’
    • As the film jerks back and forth between the two, it's all you can do not to check that the projectionist isn't using the wrong remote to channel-surf as he's showing the film.
    • Only while watching a Major League Baseball game can you constantly channel-surf and never miss a thing.
    • The movie version of High Fidelity passed into the cable realm not long ago, and I've run across it a number of times while channel-surfing.
    • The wife and I were channel-surfing between various news sources last night.
    • Parker and Stone say they were hit with the inspiration while channel-surfing together over two years ago.
    • I was listening to the album on headphones in my parent's car, sitting in the backseat, when my dad turned the radio on and proceeded to restlessly channel-surf.
    • Then her husband spent the next four hours making calls and channel-surfing through CNN, FOX, MSNBC, and the local news affiliates.
    • I sat channel-surfing, trying to find something to take my mind off of the possibilities.
    • About half past eight I was lounging on the couch, channel-surfing when my doorbell rang.
    • I was channel-surfing last night with the remote control in the hotel room and the two times I paused anywhere and focused were on black-and-white films.
    • While channel-surfing through the sports cable channels on TV, I noticed a lot of cheerleading and lacrosse competition coverage - more than swimming.
    • Instead, she found Madelyn calmly channel-surfing and her father scratching his head and looking at a small slip of paper.
    • Linda picks up a week-old sales paper and looks through it for good coupons, while Annie turns on the TV and channel-surfs through the four stations that come in.
    • I was channel-surfing, looking at the clock rather than the programme while I waited.
    • I probably passed it by while channel-surfing.
    • One sleepless night Bill was channel-surfing and stumbled upon me in dialogue with one right-winger or another.
    • Suffering from a bout of insomnia last night, I found myself in front of the television, channel-surfing.
    • I was innocently channel-surfing last night when I landed on a film that had just begun.
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