surface

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

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

...tiny little waves on the surface of the water. …水麪的細小波浪。

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. 台麪

It can simply be left on the work surface. 把它放在操作台麪上就行了。

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. 表麪

Back home, things appear, on the surface, simpler. 廻到家後，事情表麪上看起來簡單一些。

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

He surfaced, gasping for air. 他浮出了水麪，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

The paper says the evidence, when it surfaces, is certain to cause uproar. 該報紙說，該証據一旦出現肯定會引起騷動。