| 单词 | shortboard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshort-board ΚΠ 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. 13 A short-boord, is when you stand-off but little. 1777 W. Anderson Jrnl. 30 May in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. ii. 882 Before day light we made short boards. shortboard shortboard n. now rare (in full shortboard plough) a type of plough having a short mouldboard (mouldboard n.1 a); a board of this type; cf. longboard n. 1. ΚΠ 1861 Ulster Mag. Dec. 83 (advt.) Prize [for] two-horse plough, with short board, £4 0 0. 1878 Leader (Melbourne) 16 Mar. 7/2 He does all in his power to condemn the short-board three-furrow ploughs manufactured by certain firms in Melbourne. 1937 Scotsman 2 Jan. 8/4 The other principal prizewinners [of the Crimondgate Ploughing Association's match] were:—Shortboards, J. Slessor, Mensie [etc.] shortboard shortboard n. a type of short surfboard (typically between 5 and 7 feet long) designed to be highly manoeuvrable; cf. longboard n. 3. ΚΠ 1965 M. Farrelly & C. McGregor This Surfing Life ix. 87/1 Once I'd begun riding a short board, however, I knew this was it—this was for me. 1980 Surfing Oct. 27/2 This year's contest..featured not only a longboard division, but an open shortboard event and high school competition. 2015 New Statesman July 65/1 They pushed west..braving sharks and sea snakes in order to surf deserted beaches where no shortboard or pintail had ever been seen. < as lemmas |
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