核心畫面

You can think of a person standing on a board on top of a moving wave. They are not pushing the water along; the wave carries them. They stay on the surface, ride this one as far as it goes, and then look out for the next one.

可以想成一個人站在板子上,被一道浪帶著往前。水不是他推的,是浪在推他。他一直停在水的表面,把這道浪衝完,再回頭找下一更多收起可以想成一個人站在板子上,被一道浪帶著往前。水不是他推的,是浪在推他。他一直停在水的表面,把這道浪衝完,再回頭找下一道。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary records surfer as surf + -er, the ending that names the person who does an action.

Wiktionary 記的是 surf 加上 -er,而 -er 的工作就是把動作變成做這件事的人。所以字面意思就是「衝浪的那個人」,跟核心畫面完全對得上。

Wiktionary entry for surfer (kaikki snapshot 3f6f69a190036ae4): 'From surf + -er.'

Two branches

海上的人

這一族就是畫面本身。

noun · B1

Someone who rides on ocean waves while standing up on a long narrow board.

衝浪的人

螢幕前的人

把同一個畫面搬到螢幕上:頁面像一道道浪來,人停在表面,被一頁一頁帶著走。

noun · B2

In the phrases Net surfer, Internet surfer and Web surfer: someone who moves quickly from page to page online, looking through information to find whatever interests them.

(網路)瀏覽的人