surface

/ˈsɜːrfɪs/

意味: 表面

例文: The surface of the lake was calm.
　　  湖の表面は穏やかだった。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: smooth surface(滑らかな表面), water surface(水面), surface area(表面積)

定義: 物の外側や上側の部分。見える部分や触れる部分。

surfaceは約10,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
Noun: the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
Noun: the outermost level of the land or sea
Noun: a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something
Noun: information that has become public
Noun: a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
Verb: come to the surface
Verb: put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface
Verb: appear or become visible; make a showing
Adjective: on the surface

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

Noun: there is a special cleaner for these surfaces
Noun: the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface
Noun: they skimmed over the surface of the water
Noun: a brush small enough to clean every dental surface
Noun: the sun has no distinct surface
Noun: earthquakes originate far below the surface
Noun: three quarters of the Earth’s surface is covered by water
Noun: it was not what it appeared to be on the surface
Noun: all the reports were out in the open
Noun: the facts had been brought to the surface
Verb: coat the cake with chocolate
Verb: She turned up at the funeral
Verb: I hope the list key is going to surface again
Adjective: surface materials of the moon

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): Earth’s surface, aerofoil, airfoil, coat, come on, come out, come up, control surface, open, rise, rise up, show up, surface, turn up

Antonyms(反意語): overhead, subsurface

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): appear, artifact, ascend, aspect, boundary, cover, device, layer, public knowledge

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): acoustic device, adapter, afterburner, agglomerator, airfoil, alarm, aluminize, americana, anachronism, antiquity, appliance, applicator, article, aspergill, asthenosphere, autopilot, bait, bank, bark, basset, bedaub, billiard marker, bind, bird feeder, blacklead, blanket, blindfold, blinker, block, blower, board up, bootjack, boundary line, bourn, bread, break, break through, breathalyzer, breathing device, brush, bubbler, buffer, building material, butter, button, canopy, canvas, carpet, catapult, cell wall, charger, chromosphere, city line, clapboard, clip-on, cloak, coat, coif, comb, come on, come to light, come to mind, comforter, commodity, common knowledge, concrete, conductor, cone, contraceptive, converter, corer, corrective, county line, covering, cowl, crape, creation, crop up, crown, crusher, crust, cryptograph, cutoff, dampener, damper, daub, decker, decoration, deflector, dental appliance, depressor, detector, diestock, district line, drape, drive, drop forge, dust, edge, elastic device, electrical device, electronic device, electroplate, emerge, end, energizer, envelop, erupt, excavation, exercise device, exosphere, explosive device, extra, fabric, face, facility, fan, feather, felt, filter, fire extinguisher, fixture, flake, flare, flash, float, foil, frontier, frost, fumigator, gas fixture, grass, gravel, grease, groover, guard, hairline, heat exchanger, heater, heliopause, hold, holding device, hood, horn, hydrofoil, hydrosphere, imprint, indicator, insert, instrument, instrumentality, interlock, interrupter, jacket, jig, key, keyboard, kinetoscope, knocker, lag, laminate, layer, leap out, lemon, lift, lifting device, light, lighter, lime, limit, line, lithosphere, lower mantle, machine, magnet, manifest, mantle, marker, mask, mechanism, memory device, mesosphere, mound over, mulch, musical instrument, mystification, nest egg, noisemaker, oil, open, opening, optical device, outcrop, outline, override, ozone layer, padding, paint, pall, paper, paper feed, parcel, paste, paving, peeler, peep, pick, plank, plaster, plaything, pop out, power takeoff, prod, prompter, pull, put on, ready-made, reappear, recover, reflector, release, remote control, reset, restoration, restraint, roll in, roof, router, runner, scratcher, sector, sheathe, sheet, shoehorn, shoetree, shooting stick, shoreline, show, shredder, side, signaling device, smother, snow, snowshoe, sod, sounder, source of illumination, sphere, spray, spread, spritz, square, squeaker, stabilizer, steel, stemmer, straightener, stratosphere, stratum, straw, strengthener, strip, structure, stylus, suction cup, support, surface, sweatbox, synchroflash, take-up, teaser, thermosphere, thing, throwing stick, tile, tilter, tongs, toy, track, trap, trigger, tropopause, troposphere, turf, turn out, upper mantle, uprise, valve, vaporizer, veneer, ventilator, wallpaper, wash, wash up, washboard, water cooler, wax, way, weight, whiteout, wrap

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): aileron, anodize, bed, blacktop, board, bonderize, brush on, bubble up, celestial sphere, cement, copper, crumb, dredge, egg, elevator, emerge, encrust, end, enrobe, face, finish, flap, floor, foliate, galvanize, gelatinize, glaze, grit, ground, hard palate, horizontal stabilizer, horizontal surface, inside, interface, klein bottle, macadamize, meniscus, metal, metalize, miter, mobius strip, outside, paint, palate, patinate, pave, photosphere, plaster, plate, platinize, porcelainize, refinish, render, resurface, rotor blade, rubberize, rudder, screen, side, size, skim, skimcoat, skin, soot, spandrel, spoiler, stabilizer, stucco, substrate, superficies, tar, tread, varnish, vertical surface, vertical tail, wave front, well, wing, work surface, zinc

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: coat, coating, open, rise, surface, surfacing, surficial

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: technology

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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