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- 英式英标[\'sɝfɪs]
 
- 美式音标[\'sɜːfɪs]
 
        
       
      n. 表面;表层;外观
adj. 表面的,肤浅的
vi. 浮出水面
vt. 使浮出水面;使成平面
n. (Surface)人名;(英)瑟菲斯
 
      
     
 中文词源
surface 表面,表层,水面
sur-,在上,face,脸,脸面,表面。
 
 英文词源
- 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.
 
 
 
 实用例句
- 1. Rumours of financial scandals have come bubbling back to the surface. 
  - 有关财务丑闻的谣言接连不断地冒出来。
  来自柯林斯例句 
- 2. Somewhere deep beneath the surface lay a caring character. 
  - 在内心深处的某个角落里埋藏着一颗爱心。
  来自柯林斯例句 
- 3. As the egg whites cook, they coagulate and rise to the surface. 
  - 蛋白一煮就会凝结,并且浮起来。
  来自柯林斯例句 
- 4. Rub the surface of the wood in preparation for the varnish. 
  - 打磨木头的表面,为刷清漆做准备。
  来自柯林斯例句 
- 5. He staggered on the uneven surface of the car park. 
  - 他摇摇晃晃地行走在停车场凹凸不平的地面上。
  来自柯林斯例句