单词 | surf club |
释义 | > as lemmassurf club surf club n. (a) a club associated with the beach or beach-related activities, esp. (in later use) surfing; (b) Australian and New Zealand an organization of lifeguards who patrol a particular beach; cf. surf lifesaving n.In quot. 1878 the reason for the name is unclear. ΚΠ 1878 M. G. Fetherstonhaugh Kingsdene I. viii. 147 The careless comment which falls on Gordon Leslie's ear as, an hour later, he enters the Surf Club. 1907 Sydney Morning Herald 18 July 11/8 A resolution was carried with much enthusiasm, creating ‘The Manly Surf Club’. The objects of the club are to organise the surf-bathers,..and to devise a means of rendering surf-bathing safer. 1965 Ebony Apr. 111/1 A member of the Bay Area Surf Club, Frank is secretary of the group composed of some 30 teen-agers. 2003 H. Torrens Paraffin Chron. 39 The wild bunch at Wind-an-Sea decided they wanted to surf in the first-ever club contest at Malibu... So, they formed a surf club on the spot. 2007 A. C. Verge Santa Monica Lifeguards v. 100 (caption) Lifeguard Terry Palma leads a winter training session for members of the Santa Monica Junior Lifeguard team that competed against various surf clubs in New Zealand in 1973. < as lemmas |
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