surface
英 ['sɜːfɪs]
美['sɝfɪs]
- 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
英英释意
- 1. the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary;
- "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"
- "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"
- 2. the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object;
- "they skimmed over the surface of the water"
- "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"
- "the sun has no distinct surface"
- 3. the outermost level of the land or sea;
- "earthquakes originate far below the surface"
- "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"
- 4. a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something;
- "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface"
- 5. information that has become public;
- "all the reports were out in the open"
- "the facts had been brought to the surface"
- 6. a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight