| 释义 |
zorbing, n. orig. N.Z.
Brit. |ˈzɔːbɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈzɔrbɪŋ|
Forms: also with capital initial.
[Apparently ‹Zorb n. (see note) + -ing suffix1.
Zorb n. is first attested only three months later than the present word.]
A sport, originating in New Zealand, in which a participant is secured within the inner capsule of a large, inflated, transparent PVC ball which is then rolled along the ground, down hills, etc.
1996Sunday Times 21 Apr. (Travel section) 2/6 Just when we had got used to bungee jumping from helicopters, they have come up with a new way of pumping the adrenaline—zorbing. 1996Guardian 6 Nov. i. 15/8 He told me I had gone down in the classic novice manner, doing what is known in Zorbing nomenclature as a ‘washing machine’. 1997Metro (Auckland) Apr. 81 Akers wants to market zorbing as a low-key adventure activity, accessible to a wide range of people, ‘rather than a wild ride for the morons of this world’. 2001Bizarre July 30/4 There will also be a swimming pool, rollercoaster, scad drops, free-fall simulators, reverse ejection seats, zorbing, ferris wheels and a host of gravity-defying party pieces—all good for inter-galactic training. |