surf
/sɜːf/ (bre, ipa) · /sɝːf/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsərf/ (ame, mw) · /sɜːrf/ (ame, ipa)
surf — 動詞
- 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
瀏覽（網路）
隨意切換網站，瀏覽網頁內容
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.
Xiu 花了一個下午瀏覽網路，尋找度假靈感。
surf + noun phrase (the internet)
Ayesha likes to surf cooking blogs before deciding what to make for dinner.
Ayesha 喜歡在決定晚餐菜色前先瀏覽料理部落格。
surf + noun (cooking blogs)
The hotel offered a computer in the lobby so guests could surf the web.
那間旅館在大廳提供電腦，讓房客可以瀏覽網路。
Christopher surfed job websites every evening until he found a position he liked.
Christopher 每天晚上瀏覽求職網站，直到找到喜歡的職位。
Putri opened her laptop and surfed through travel forums for cheap flights to Japan.
Putri 打開筆電瀏覽旅遊論壇，尋找前往日本的便宜機票。
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
衝浪
站在衝浪板上隨波浪滑行
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.
Hamza 在澳洲黃金海岸度假期間學會了衝浪。
learn to surf — common collocation
Every morning before work, Nora surfs at the beach near her apartment.
Nora 每天上班前都會到她公寓附近的海灘衝浪。
surf + location (at the beach)
The Watanabe family went to Hainan Island so the children could try surfing.
渡邊一家去了海南島，讓孩子們試試看衝浪。
Eli surfed for three hours straight and came back hungry but very happy.
Eli 連續衝浪了三小時，回來時又餓又開心。
Amihan and her brother took surfing lessons from a local instructor in Bali.
Amihan 和她的弟弟在峇里島跟當地教練上了衝浪課。
- 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 — 名詞
1. the white foamy water that forms on top of waves as they break onto a beach or a
碎浪；浪花
海浪拍打岸邊時產生的白色泡沫
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.
浪花拍打岩石的聲音讓 Astrid 整夜睡不著。
collocation: sound of the surf
Zuri stood at the water's edge, watching the surf roll gently onto the sand.
Zuri 站在水邊，看著碎浪輕輕地拍上沙灘。
A thick layer of white foam from the surf covered the beach after the storm.
暴風雨過後，沙灘上覆蓋了一層厚厚的白色浪花泡沫。
Children were playing in the shallow surf, jumping over small waves as they came in.
孩子們在淺淺的碎浪中玩耍，跳過一個又一個小浪頭。
From their hotel balcony, Noa could see the white surf breaking on the coral reef.
Noa 從旅館陽台上可以看到白色浪花在珊瑚礁上綻放開來。
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.