单词 | surf boat |
释义 | > as lemmassurf boat surf boat n. a boat specially designed for use in heavy surf, and typically employed for landing passengers and goods from a larger craft lying offshore, or (now usually) for lifesaving. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > boat attendant on larger vessel > [noun] > boat plying between ship shore > constructed to pass through surf masula1675 surf boat1789 Monomoy1908 1789 Eng. Rev. July 47 The communication with the shore is managed by surf-boats, expressly calculated for the purpose. 1856 C. Dickens & W. Collins Wreck Golden Mary (1898) 22 I gave..the word to lower the Long-boat and the Surf-boat. 1949 M. Steen Twilight on Floods ii. i. 181 The boys who take the surf boats between the ships and the shore. 2009 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 Dec. 8 A 13-year-old Brisbane girl..had to be given oxygen after a dramatic rescue in a surf boat. < as lemmas |
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