单词 | surf-bathing |
释义 | > as lemmassurf-bathing surf-bathing n. now somewhat archaic (a) the action or pastime of swimming in surf; (b) = surfing n. 2a. ΚΠ 1830 J. F. Watson Ann. Philadelphia 700 They had no surf there and were content to bathe in a kind of waterhouse, covered; even Bingham's great house..indulged no idea of surf-bathing. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It lxxiii. 526 The national pastime of surf-bathing. 1912 Truth (Sydney) 18 Feb. 8/3 I think respectable people may go surf-bathing and, still remain respectable, but people who aren't moral and respectable do not become so by shooting the breakers. 2005 D. C. Tripp Season of Open Water iii. 195 It is a summer of long steamy days and clear cool nights for surf-bathing, boat trips, angling off the angler stands. < as lemmas |
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