英语词汇surfing的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	surfing
词源	surfing; surfboarding. Surfing is a recent term for using a television remote control to switch from channel to channel to see what is playing or to escape relentless unimaginative com- mercials. The term is apparently based on surfing with a surf- board, a word that dates back to about 1826.
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