单词 | body-surf |
释义 | body-surf in British Englishverb (intransitive) 1. to ride a wave by lying on it without a surfboard 2. informal to fling oneself prone onto a crowd of people, for example on a dance floor or at a rock concert, and move or be carried over their heads Derived forms bodysurfer (ˈbodyˌsurfer) noun bodysurfing (ˈbodyˌsurfing) noun body-surf in American English (ˈbɑdiˌsɜːrf) intransitive verb to ride a cresting wave toward the shore by lying face down in the water with the arms stretched forward in the direction of the wave Derived forms body-surfer noun Word origin [1940–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rh factor, airlift, blockbuster, debrief, redline |
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