形容词

及物动词

不及物动词

名词

1. 表面;表层;上面
The surface of something is the flat top part of it or the outside of it.

2. 桌面;台面;操作台
A work surface is a flat area, for example the top of a table, desk, or kitchen cupboard, on which you can work.

3. 表面;外表;表象
When you refer to the surface of a situation, you are talking about what can be seen easily rather than what is hidden or not immediately obvious.

4. (军队)陆上的，水上的
Surface is used to describe the parts of the armed forces which travel by ship or by land rather than underwater or in the air.

5. 升到水面;浮出水面
If someone or something under water surfaces, they come up to the surface of the water.

6. 显露;暴露;流露;公开
When something such as a piece of news, a feeling, or a problem surfaces, it becomes known or becomes obvious.

7. (一段时间未见后)现身，露面;醒来
When someone surfaces, they appear after not being seen for some time, for example because they have been asleep.

1. a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air
can lift or control a plane in flight

Synonym: airfoilaerofoilcontrol surface

2. the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

e.g. there is a special cleaner for these surfaces
the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface

3. information that has become public

e.g. all the reports were out in the open
the facts had been brought to the surface

Synonym: open

4. a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something

e.g. it was not what it appeared to be on the surface

5. the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object

e.g. they skimmed over the surface of the water
a brush small enough to clean every dental surface
the sun has no distinct surface

6. the outermost level of the land or sea

e.g. earthquakes originate far below the surface
three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water

Synonym: Earth's surface