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美音:[´sə:fəs ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[´sə:fəs ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.表面,外表,水面 adj.表面的,肤浅的

难易程度:

surface为中学词汇   词频:975

词形变化:

动词过去式:surfaced 过去分词:surfaced 现在分词:surfacing 第三人称单数:surfaces

词根

fac=face(面部,正面),forehead(前额) 变化型 front

近义词, 同义词

  outside  exterior  surface  superficies  skin  covering  epidermis  face  facet  appearance  looks  cover  envelope  husk  shell    

相关词

exterior  face  outside  interior  submerge    

surface


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n
1 [C]
(a) outside of an object (物体的)表面
*the surface of a sphere, a ball, the earth 球体、球、地球的表面
* [attrib 作定语] the surface area of the brain 大脑的表层.
(b) any of the sides of an object (物体的)面
*A cube has six surfaces. 立方体有六个面.
(c) uppermost area or layer of sth 最上面的部分; 表层; 面层
*the rough surface of the wall 那墙的粗糙表面
* an asphalt road surface 柏油路面
* The insect's sting penetrates the surface of the skin. 昆虫的螫针能够刺穿皮肤的表层.
* wipe all the surfaces in the kitchen, ie the walls, the tops and sides of furniture, etc 把厨房的一切表面揩乾净(墙及家具等的各面)
* [attrib 作定语] a surface layer 表层
* a surface wound, ie not a deep one 轻度创伤
* a surface worker, ie a miner who works above ground 在井上工作的矿工
* surface noise, ie unwanted noise caused by dust, static electricity, etc on a record when it is being played (放唱片时由尘埃、静电等引起的)(唱针)划纹噪声, (唱片)纹噪声.
2 [C usu sing 通常作单数] top of a body of liquid, eg the sea 液面; 水面(如海面)
*The submarine rose to the surface. 潜艇露出了水面.
* the frozen surface of the lake 结冰的湖面
* [attrib 作定语] a surface vessel, ie an ordinary ship, not a submarine 水面舰船(一般舰船, 与潜艇相对).
3 [sing] (fig 比喻) qualities of sb or sth that are easily seen, contrasted with deeper or hidden ones (人或事物的)表象, 外表, 外观
*Beneath her self-confident surface, she's quite unsure of herself. 她看上去信心十足, 实际上很缺乏信心.
* You must not look only at the surface of things. 看事物不能只看到表面现象.
* [attrib 作定语] surface politeness, ie concealing anger, etc 勉强装出的礼貌(隐藏着愤怒等)
* surface impressions, ie ones gained too quickly, without proper thought or observation 肤浅的印象.
4 (idm 习语) on the `surface when not observed, thought about, etc deeply or thoroughly; superficially 在表面上; 在外表上
*The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical. 这方案表面上看来似乎很实际.
* On the surface, she's a charming, helpful person. 从表面上看, 她又很动人又肯助人. scratch the surface => scratch1.

v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (with sth) put a surface(1c) on sth 在某物上加表层
*surface a road (with tarmac) (用柏油碎石)铺路面
* a wall surfaced with plaster 用灰泥饰面的墙.
2 [I] (of a submarine, skin-diver, etc) come up to the surface of a body of water (指潜艇、赤身潜水者等)浮到水面.
3 [I] (infml 口)
(a) appear again after a period of remaining unseen, hidden, away from others, etc (隐蔽、隐藏、离开他人等一段时间後)重新出现
*After living abroad for years, she suddenly surfaced again in London. 她在国外居住多年之後, 突然在伦敦重新露面了.
* Their old rivalry soon surfaced when they met again. 他们重逢时, 昔日之明争暗斗旋即死灰复燃.
(b) wake from sleep or unconsciousness 睡醒; 恢复知觉
*He finally surfaced at midday. 他终于在中午时醒过来了.

surface


In algebraic geometry, a Segre surface, studied by and , is an intersection of two quadrics in 4-dimensional projective space.
1. Experimental data seem to indicate that the amount of radon (Rn) in the water under the surface of the Earth waxes before an earthquake.
    实验数据似乎表明,地震前地下水中氡的含量会增高。

2. Because the gravity on the Moon´s surface is only a sixth of Earth´s (remember how easily the Apollo astronauts bounded along),
    由于月球表面的重力仅是地球表面的1/6 -- 还记得阿波罗飞船中的宇航员累松地跳跃 --

3. But as the paper moved from side to side under the pen point, its movement would be recorded in ink upon its surface.
    由于纸在笔下来回运动,纸的表面就会用墨水记录下地板运动的情况。

4. Before the Hanshin earthquake in Japan, there were reports of large schools of fish swimming near the surface of the water.
    日本的阪神地震发生之前,有报告说大批鱼群游到了水面。

5. But its economy is stuck in recession and it barely has the money to even scratch the surface of the problem.
    但是由于其经济陷于低迷,几乎没有资金来着手解决最基本的问题。

6. When it has been decided where we are going to drill, we put up at the surface an oil derrick.
    当钻孔地点决定后, 我们就在那块地面上坚起一个井架.

7. When it has been decided where we are going to drill, we put up at the surface an oil derrick.
    当确定钻孔地点后,我们就在那里竖起一个井架。

8. It requires 97 per cent less energy to travel the quarter of a million miles from the Moon to Earth-orbit than the 200 mile-journey from Earth´s surface into orbit!
    因此,从月球到地球的25万英里所消耗的能量要比从地球表面进入地球轨道的200英里所耗能量少97%。

9. Well, to meet this difficulty, I resolved to dig into the surface of the earth, so as to make it easier to launch the boat.
    好吧,为了克服这一困难,我决定把地面挖平。这样可以使小船下水时容易一些,

10. The bigger animals went to the surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the river.
    这个大动物到冰表面去饮水,突然掉进水里.

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