surface

英 ['s??f?s] 美['s?f?s]

反義詞

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復數:?surfaces;第三人稱單數:?surfaces;過去式:?surfaced;過去分詞:?surfaced;現在分詞:?surfacing;

surface 表面，表層，水面

sur-,在上，face,臉，臉面，表面。

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.

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。