English Dictionary

catch a wave

verb

(surfing) 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.

I love to catch a wave when I go surfing.

意味（1）

(surfing) 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.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) To derive benefit from a fortunate opportunity; to experience a sudden increase in energy or luck.

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