catch a wave

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.

To mount one's surfboard at a distance from shore, turn it toward land, and control it for a successful, satisfying ride on inrushing water.

— Like surfers trying to catch a wave, balloonists try to ride jet streams.
To derive benefit from a fortunate opportunity; to experience a sudden increase in energy or luck. broadly,idiomatic

— The size of his fortune, he said, revealed only that "we caught a wave. We were lucky. We had more luck than we deserved."

catches a wave present,singular,third-person catching a wave participle,present caught a wave participle,past caught a wave past