surface
英 ['s??f?s]
美['s?f?s]
- n. 表面；表層；外觀
- adj. 表面的，膚淺的
- vi. 浮出水面
- vt. 使浮出水面；使成平面
- n. (Surface)人名；(英)瑟菲斯
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詞態(tài)變化
復數:?surfaces;第三人稱單數:?surfaces;過去式:?surfaced;過去分詞:?surfaced;現在分詞:?surfacing;
中文詞源
surface 表面，表層，水面sur-,在上，face,臉，臉面，表面。
英文詞源
- surface
- surface: [17] Surface was coined in French on the model of Latin superficiēs ‘surface’ (source of English superficial). It contains the same elements: sur- ‘above’ (a descendant of Latin super) and face ‘face’.
=> face, superficial - surface (v.)
- "come to the surface," 1898, from surface (n.). Earlier it meant "bring to the surface" (1885), and "to give something a (polished) surface" (1778). Related: Surfaced; surfacing.
- surface (n.)
- 1610s, from French surface "an outermost boundary, outside part" (16c.), from Old French sur- "above" (see sur-) + face (see face (n.)). Patterned on Latin superficies "surface, upper side, top" (see superficial). As an adjective from 1660s.
雙語例句
- 1. Rumours of financial scandals have come bubbling back to the surface.
- 有關財務丑聞的謠言接連不斷地冒出來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Somewhere deep beneath the surface lay a caring character.
- 在內心深處的某個角落里埋藏著一顆愛心。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. As the egg whites cook, they coagulate and rise to the surface.
- 蛋白一煮就會凝結，并且浮起來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Rub the surface of the wood in preparation for the varnish.
- 打磨木頭的表面，為刷清漆做準備。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He staggered on the uneven surface of the car park.
- 他搖搖晃晃地行走在停車場凹凸不平的地面上。
來自柯林斯例句