surf
/sɜːf/ (bre, ipa) · /sɝːf/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsərf/ (ame, mw) · /sɜːrf/ (ame, ipa)
surf — verb
- surfpresent simple I / you / we / they
- surfs3rd person singular
- surfing-ing form
- surfedpast simple
1. to move from one website to another, looking at content in a relaxed way without
to move from one website to another, looking at content in a relaxed way without a fixed plan
Xiu spent the afternoon surfing the internet for vacation ideas.
surf + noun phrase (the internet)
Ayesha likes to surf cooking blogs before deciding what to make for dinner.
surf + noun (cooking blogs)
The hotel offered a computer in the lobby so guests could surf the web.
Christopher surfed job websites every evening until he found a position he liked.
Putri opened her laptop and surfed through travel forums for cheap flights to Japan.
文法句型
surf + noun phrase (the internet / the web)
surf (no object)
用法筆記
Often used with 'the web', 'the internet', or 'the net' as the object. Can also be used intransitively with no object.
常見錯誤
2. to stand or lie on a long narrow board and move across the surface of a breaking
to stand or lie on a long narrow board and move across the surface of a breaking wave as it rolls toward the shore
Hamza learned to surf during a summer trip to the Gold Coast in Australia.
learn to surf — common collocation
Every morning before work, Nora surfs at the beach near her apartment.
surf + location (at the beach)
The Watanabe family went to Hainan Island so the children could try surfing.
Eli surfed for three hours straight and came back hungry but very happy.
Amihan and her brother took surfing lessons from a local instructor in Bali.
- ride waves
a descriptive literal phrase explaining the physical action
文法句型
surf
go surfing
用法筆記
This sense is almost always intransitive. When a location is mentioned, it is introduced by 'at' or 'on' ('surf at Bondi Beach', 'surf on the north shore').
常見錯誤
surf — noun
1. the white foamy water that forms on top of waves as they break onto a beach or a
the white foamy water that forms on top of waves as they break onto a beach or against rocks near the shore
The sound of the surf crashing against the rocks kept Astrid awake all night.
collocation: sound of the surf
Zuri stood at the water's edge, watching the surf roll gently onto the sand.
A thick layer of white foam from the surf covered the beach after the storm.
Children were playing in the shallow surf, jumping over small waves as they came in.
From their hotel balcony, Noa could see the white surf breaking on the coral reef.
文法句型
the surf
用法筆記
Used as an uncountable noun — do not use 'a surf' or 'surfs' for this meaning. Refers to the collective mass of foamy water, not individual wave crests.