surfacing

柯林斯詞典

surface /?s??f?s/ (surfacing,surfaced,surfaces)

• 1. N-COUNT The surface of something is the flat top part of it or the outside of it. 表面

  Ozone forms a protective layer between 12 and 30 miles above the Earth's surface. 臭氧在距地球表面12至30英里的地方形成一個保護層。

  ...tiny little waves on the surface of the water. …水面的細小波浪。

• 2. N-COUNT A work surface is a flat area, for example the top of a table, desk, or kitchen counter, on which you can work. 臺面

  It can simply be left on the work surface. 把它放在操作臺面上就行了。

• 3. N-SING 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. 表面

  Back home, things appear, on the surface, simpler. 回到家后，事情表面上看起來簡單一些。

• 4. V-I If someone or something under water surfaces, they come up to the surface of the water. 浮出水面

  He surfaced, gasping for air. 他浮出了水面，大口喘著氣。

• 5. V-I When something such as a piece of news, a feeling, or a problem surfaces, it becomes known or becomes obvious. 顯現(xiàn)

  The paper says the evidence, when it surfaces, is certain to cause uproar. 該報紙說，該證據(jù)一旦出現(xiàn)肯定會引起騷動。

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