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发信人: yangs (Microsea永不止息), 信区: English
标 题: Slang of the day
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (Sun Mar 16 08:53:24 2003) , 转信
surf the Web
Definition: To look at Web sites sites on a computer.
Example: 1) I need to know some facts about Bolivia; maybe I'll surf the Web a
nd see what I can find out.
2) Every night, my brother spends at least three hours surfing the Web.
Etymology: The 'Web' is the World Wide Web. As a verb, 'surf' means 'to ride a
board on the waves of the ocean'. So this phrase suggests that the World Wide
Web is like the ocean, and looking at different Web sites is like riding acro
ss the ocean's waves.
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