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Surface French Latin Face Superficial Sur 1017.Surface 英

正面 1017.surface
英 ['sɜːfɪs]美 ['sɝfɪs]

背面
释义:
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
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。

联想:唱歌应有“声”。
surface 表面,表层,水面sur-,在上,face,脸,脸面,表面。
surfacesurface: [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, superficialsurface (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."

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